Surah Al-Qamar · Ayah 8·Makkī

8

إِلَى هَٰذَا ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."

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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: ه-ط-ع 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 34 letters · āyah 8 of 55

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.

  • فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

    That Day will be a difficult day

  • فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ

    But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."

  • فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

    So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],

  • فَٱلْمُدَبِّرَٰتِ أَمْرًا

    And those who arrange [each] matter,

  • سَأَلَ سَآئِلٌۢ بِعَذَابٍ وَاقِعٍ

    A supplicant asked for a punishment bound to happen

  • أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ

    [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."

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-Ma'aarij 70:362 shared roots

    فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

    ه-ط-عك-ف-ر

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:92 shared roots

    فَذَٰلِكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمٌ عَسِيرٌ

    ع-س-ري-و-م

  • Al-Furqaan 25:263 shared roots

    ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْحَقُّ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَكَانَ يَوْمًا عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَسِيرًا

    ع-س-ري-و-مك-ف-ر

  • Al-Kahf 18:732 shared roots

    قَالَ لَا تُؤَاخِذْنِى بِمَا نَسِيتُ وَلَا تُرْهِقْنِى مِنْ أَمْرِى عُسْرًا

    ع-س-رق-و-ل

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:503 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَوَلَمْ تَكُ تَأْتِيكُمْ رُسُلُكُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ قَالُوا۟ فَٱدْعُوا۟ وَمَا دُعَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ

    د-ع-وك-ف-رق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:722 shared roots

    قَالَ هَلْ يَسْمَعُونَكُمْ إِذْ تَدْعُونَ

    د-ع-وق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 54:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 54:8 include Quran 74:9 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 67:27 (Surah Al-Mulk), Quran 70:36 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), and Quran 79:5 (Surah An-Naazi'aat). For example, 74:9 reads: “That Day will be a difficult day” 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 54:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 54:8 (Surah Al-Qamar, The Moon) reads: “Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."”

Which surah is verse 54:8 in?

Quran 54:8 is āyah 8 of Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon), chapter 54 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 55 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 54:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 54:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.