Surah Al-Ma'aarij · Ayah 8·Makkī

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Translation

Saheeh International

On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 4 words

Rarest here: م-ه-ل — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 3 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī1
  • Lām shamsiyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 19 letters · āyah 8 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 52:9 · At-Turvery close

    يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا

    On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

  • Quran 77:9 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

    And when the heaven is opened

  • Quran 18:47 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا

    And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth prominent, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.

  • Quran 69:15 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

    Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

  • Quran 101:5 · Al-Qaari'aclose

    وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

    And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

  • Quran 44:10 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke.

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.

  • At-Tur 52:92 shared roots

    يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا

    س-م-وي-و-م

  • An-Noor 24:642 shared roots

    أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَيَوْمَ يُرْجَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۢ

    س-م-وي-و-م

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:462 shared roots

    وَكُنَّا نُكَذِّبُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ

    ي-و-مك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:1182 shared roots

    فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا ذُكِرَ ٱسْمُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ إِن كُنتُم بِـَٔايَٰتِهِۦ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    س-م-وك-و-ن

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:292 shared roots

    يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ

    س-م-وي-و-م

  • As-Saaffaat 37:212 shared roots

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    ي-و-مك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 70:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 70:8 include Quran 52:9 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 77:9 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 18:47 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 69:15 (Surah Al-Haaqqa). For example, 52:9 reads: “On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion” 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 70:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 70:8 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, The Ascending Stairways) reads: “On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,”

Which surah is verse 70:8 in?

Quran 70:8 is āyah 8 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 70:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 70:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.