Surah Ash-Shams · Ayah 6·Makkī

6

وَمَا ﴿٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [by] the earth and He who spread it

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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: ط-ح-و used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 4 points across 2 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 14 letters · āyah 6 of 15

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.

  • تَنزِيلًا مِّمَّنْ خَلَقَ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ ٱلْعُلَى

    A revelation from He who created the earth and highest heavens,

  • خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    He created the heavens and earth in truth and formed you and perfected your forms; and to Him is the [final] destination.

  • وَٱلَّذِى قَدَّرَ فَهَدَىٰ

    And who destined and [then] guided

  • ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ ٱسْتَوَىٰ

    The Most Merciful [who is] above the Throne established.

  • ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فِيهَا سُبُلًا لَّعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَ

    [The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided

  • لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَا وَمَا تَحْتَ ٱلثَّرَىٰ

    To Him belongs what is in the heavens and what is on the earth and what is between them and what is under the soil.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 91:6?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 91:6 include Quran 20:4 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 64:3 (Surah At-Taghaabun), Quran 87:3 (Surah Al-A'laa), and Quran 20:5 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 20:4 reads: “A revelation from He who created the earth and highest heavens,” 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 91:6 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 91:6 (Surah Ash-Shams, The Sun) reads: “And [by] the earth and He who spread it”

Which surah is verse 91:6 in?

Quran 91:6 is āyah 6 of Surah Ash-Shams (The Sun), chapter 91 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 15 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 91:6?

Tartīl presents Quran 91:6 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.