Surah Al-Mursalaat · Ayah 9·Makkī

9

وَإِذَا ﴿٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when the heaven is opened

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 3 words

Rarest here: ف-ر-ج — 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 3 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 14 letters · āyah 9 of 50

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 81:2 · At-Takwirvery close

    وَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ ٱنكَدَرَتْ

    And when the stars fall, dispersing,

  • Quran 82:1 · Al-Infitaarvery close

    إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنفَطَرَتْ

    When the sky breaks apart

  • Quran 82:2 · Al-Infitaarvery close

    وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ

    And when the stars fall, scattering,

  • Quran 81:1 · At-Takwirvery close

    إِذَا ٱلشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ

    When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

  • Quran 81:12 · At-Takwirvery close

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

  • Quran 81:3 · At-Takwirvery close

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

    And when the mountains are removed

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.

  • Qaaf 50:62 shared roots

    أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

    ف-ر-جس-م-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 77:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 77:9 include Quran 81:2 (Surah At-Takwir), Quran 82:1 (Surah Al-Infitaar), Quran 82:2 (Surah Al-Infitaar), and Quran 81:1 (Surah At-Takwir). For example, 81:2 reads: “And when the stars fall, dispersing,” 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 77:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 77:9 (Surah Al-Mursalaat, The Emissaries) reads: “And when the heaven is opened”

Which surah is verse 77:9 in?

Quran 77:9 is āyah 9 of Surah Al-Mursalaat (The Emissaries), chapter 77 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 50 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 77:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 77:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.