Surah Al-Ma'aarij · Ayah 44·Makkī

44

ذَٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى ﴿٤٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 9 words

Rarest here: ر-ه-ق — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 42 letters · āyah 44 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 75:24 · Al-Qiyaamavery close

    وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍۭ بَاسِرَةٌ

    And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,

  • Quran 68:43 · Al-Qalamclose

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ

    Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.

  • Quran 88:1 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْغَٰشِيَةِ

    Has there reached you the report of the Overwhelming [event]?

  • Quran 21:97 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَٱقْتَرَبَ ٱلْوَعْدُ ٱلْحَقُّ فَإِذَا هِىَ شَٰخِصَةٌ أَبْصَٰرُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا قَدْ كُنَّا فِى غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ هَٰذَا بَلْ كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And [when] the true promise has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us; we had been unmindful of…

  • Quran 50:42 · Qaafclose

    يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

    The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].

  • Quran 38:53 · Saadclose

    هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    This is what you, [the righteous], are promised for the Day of Account.

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.

  • Al-Qalam 68:435 shared roots

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ

    ر-ه-قخ-ش-عذ-ل-لب-ص-رك-و-ن

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:92 shared roots

    أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ

    خ-ش-عب-ص-ر

  • Al-Ghaashiya 88:22 shared roots

    وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ خَٰشِعَةٌ

    خ-ش-عي-و-م

  • Yunus 10:262 shared roots

    لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ وَلَا يَرْهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    ر-ه-قذ-ل-ل

  • Al-Burooj 85:22 shared roots

    وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

    و-ع-دي-و-م

  • Ash-Shura 42:453 shared roots

    وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَٰشِعِينَ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ يَنظُرُونَ مِن طَرْفٍ خَفِىٍّ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِى عَذَابٍ مُّقِيمٍ

    خ-ش-عذ-ل-لي-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 70:44?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 70:44 include Quran 75:24 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), Quran 68:43 (Surah Al-Qalam), Quran 88:1 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya), and Quran 21:97 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 75:24 reads: “And [some] faces, that Day, will be contorted,” 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 70:44 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 70:44 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, The Ascending Stairways) reads: “Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.”

Which surah is verse 70:44 in?

Quran 70:44 is āyah 44 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 70:44?

Tartīl presents Quran 70:44 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.