Surah Al-Ma'aarij · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

إِذَا ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

When evil touches him, impatient,

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Rarest here: ج-ز-ع — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

4 words · 15 letters · āyah 20 of 44

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 17:11 · Al-Israaclose

    وَيَدْعُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ بِٱلشَّرِّ دُعَآءَهُۥ بِٱلْخَيْرِ وَكَانَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ عَجُولًا

    And man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.

  • Quran 90:4 · Al-Baladclose

    لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

    We have certainly created man into hardship.

  • Quran 75:35 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

    Then woe to you, and woe!

  • Quran 80:17 · Abasaclose

    قُتِلَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَآ أَكْفَرَهُۥ

    Cursed is man; how disbelieving is he.

  • Quran 17:83 · Al-Israaclose

    وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا

    And when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing.

  • Quran 100:7 · Al-Aadiyaatclose

    وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

    And indeed, he is to that a witness.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Fussilat 41:512 shared roots

    وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَذُو دُعَآءٍ عَرِيضٍ

    ش-ر-رم-س-س

  • Al-Israa 17:832 shared roots

    وَإِذَآ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَى ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ أَعْرَضَ وَنَـَٔا بِجَانِبِهِۦ وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ كَانَ يَـُٔوسًا

    ش-ر-رم-س-س

  • Fussilat 41:492 shared roots

    لَّا يَسْـَٔمُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِن دُعَآءِ ٱلْخَيْرِ وَإِن مَّسَّهُ ٱلشَّرُّ فَيَـُٔوسٌ قَنُوطٌ

    ش-ر-رم-س-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 70:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 70:20 include Quran 17:11 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 90:4 (Surah Al-Balad), Quran 75:35 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), and Quran 80:17 (Surah Abasa). For example, 17:11 reads: “And man supplicates for evil as he supplicates for good, and man is ever hasty.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 70:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 70:20 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, The Ascending Stairways) reads: “When evil touches him, impatient,”

Which surah is verse 70:20 in?

Quran 70:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Al-Ma'aarij (The Ascending Stairways), chapter 70 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 44 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 70:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 70:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.