Surah An-Naba · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

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Translation

Saheeh International

And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.

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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: س-ر-ب — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 21 letters · āyah 20 of 40

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 81:12 · At-Takwirclose

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

  • Quran 26:91 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِلْغَاوِينَ

    And Hellfire will be brought forth for the deviators,

  • Quran 52:9 · At-Turclose

    يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا

    On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

  • Quran 25:25 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا

    And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.

  • Quran 69:15 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

    Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

  • Quran 51:7 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ ذَاتِ ٱلْحُبُكِ

    By the heaven containing pathways,

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-Takwir 81:32 shared roots

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ سُيِّرَتْ

    س-ي-رج-ب-ل

  • At-Tur 52:102 shared roots

    وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

    س-ي-رج-ب-ل

  • Al-Kahf 18:472 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا

    س-ي-رج-ب-ل

  • Yaseen 36:622 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَضَلَّ مِنكُمْ جِبِلًّا كَثِيرًا أَفَلَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْقِلُونَ

    ج-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:112 shared roots

    قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ ٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    س-ي-رك-و-ن

  • An-Naml 27:692 shared roots

    قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

    س-ي-رك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 78:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 78:20 include Quran 81:12 (Surah At-Takwir), Quran 26:91 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 52:9 (Surah At-Tur), and Quran 25:25 (Surah Al-Furqaan). For example, 81:12 reads: “And when Hellfire is set ablaze” 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 78:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 78:20 (Surah An-Naba, The Announcement) reads: “And the mountains are removed and will be [but] a mirage.”

Which surah is verse 78:20 in?

Quran 78:20 is āyah 20 of Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), chapter 78 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 78:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 78:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.