Surah Al-Ma'aarij · Ayah 9·Makkī

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Translation

Saheeh International

And the mountains will be like wool,

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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 3 words

Rarest here: ع-ه-ن — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 4 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 17 letters · āyah 9 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 101:5 · Al-Qaari'aclose

    وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

    And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

  • Quran 52:9 · At-Turclose

    يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا

    On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

  • 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 20:106 · Taa-Haaclose

    فَيَذَرُهَا قَاعًا صَفْصَفًا

    And He will leave the earth a level plain;

  • Quran 86:10 · At-Taariqclose

    فَمَا لَهُۥ مِن قُوَّةٍ وَلَا نَاصِرٍ

    Then man will have no power or any helper.

  • 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.

  • Al-Qaari'a 101:53 shared roots

    وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

    ع-ه-نج-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Yaseen 36:622 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ

    ج-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:822 shared roots

    وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

    ج-ب-لك-و-ن

  • An-Naba 78:202 shared roots

    وَسُيِّرَتِ ٱلْجِبَالُ فَكَانَتْ سَرَابًا

    ج-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Ibrahim 14:462 shared roots

    وَقَدْ مَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرَهُمْ وَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ مَكْرُهُمْ وَإِن كَانَ مَكْرُهُمْ لِتَزُولَ مِنْهُ ٱلْجِبَالُ

    ج-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Hud 11:422 shared roots

    وَهِىَ تَجْرِى بِهِمْ فِى مَوْجٍ كَٱلْجِبَالِ وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ٱبْنَهُۥ وَكَانَ فِى مَعْزِلٍ يَٰبُنَىَّ ٱرْكَب مَّعَنَا وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    ج-ب-لك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 70:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 70:9 include Quran 101:5 (Surah Al-Qaari'a), Quran 52:9 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 18:47 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 20:106 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 101:5 reads: “And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.” 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 70:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 70:9 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, The Ascending Stairways) reads: “And the mountains will be like wool,”

Which surah is verse 70:9 in?

Quran 70:9 is āyah 9 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 70:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 70:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.