Surah Al-Muzzammil · Ayah 6·Makkī

6

إِنَّ هِىَ ﴿٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 8 words

Rarest here: و-ط-أ — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Qalqalah2

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 29 letters · āyah 6 of 20

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

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    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

    And by the dawn when it breathes

  • Quran 93:1 · Ad-Dhuhaaclose

    وَٱلضُّحَىٰ

    By the morning brightness

  • Quran 86:1 · At-Taariqclose

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلطَّارِقِ

    By the sky and the night comer -

  • Quran 79:29 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    وَأَغْطَشَ لَيْلَهَا وَأَخْرَجَ ضُحَىٰهَا

    And He darkened its night and extracted its brightness.

  • Quran 97:2 · Al-Qadrclose

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا لَيْلَةُ ٱلْقَدْرِ

    And what can make you know what is the Night of Decree?

  • Quran 17:12 · Al-Israaclose

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ تَفْصِيلًا

    And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the…

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-Muzzammil 73:22 shared roots

    قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    ل-ي-لق-و-م

  • Al-Muzzammil 73:22 shared roots

    قُمِ ٱلَّيْلَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    ل-ي-لق-و-م

  • Nooh 71:53 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا

    ل-ي-لق-و-مق-و-ل

  • At-Tawba 9:372 shared roots

    إِنَّمَا ٱلنَّسِىٓءُ زِيَادَةٌ فِى ٱلْكُفْرِ يُضَلُّ بِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُحِلُّونَهُۥ عَامًا وَيُحَرِّمُونَهُۥ عَامًا لِّيُوَاطِـُٔوا۟ عِدَّةَ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ فَيُحِلُّوا۟ مَا حَرَّمَ ٱللَّهُ زُيِّنَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ أَعْمَٰلِهِمْ وَٱللَّهُ لَا يَهْدِى ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    و-ط-أق-و-م

  • Yaseen 36:792 shared roots

    قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ

    ن-ش-أق-و-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:1332 shared roots

    وَرَبُّكَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ذُو ٱلرَّحْمَةِ إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَسْتَخْلِفْ مِنۢ بَعْدِكُم مَّا يَشَآءُ كَمَآ أَنشَأَكُم مِّن ذُرِّيَّةِ قَوْمٍ ءَاخَرِينَ

    ن-ش-أق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 73:6?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 73:6 include Quran 81:18 (Surah At-Takwir), Quran 93:1 (Surah Ad-Dhuhaa), Quran 86:1 (Surah At-Taariq), and Quran 79:29 (Surah An-Naazi'aat). For example, 81:18 reads: “And by the dawn when it breathes” 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 73:6 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 73:6 (Surah Al-Muzzammil, The Enshrouded One) reads: “Indeed, the hours of the night are more effective for concurrence [of heart and tongue] and more suitable for words.”

Which surah is verse 73:6 in?

Quran 73:6 is āyah 6 of Surah Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One), chapter 73 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 20 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 73:6?

Tartīl presents Quran 73:6 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.