Surah At-Takwir · Ayah 1·Makkī

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إِذَا ﴿١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]

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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: ك-و-ر — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 4 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 12 letters · āyah 1 of 29

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.

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.

  • Az-Zumar 39:52 shared roots

    خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ يُكَوِّرُ ٱلَّيْلَ عَلَى ٱلنَّهَارِ وَيُكَوِّرُ ٱلنَّهَارَ عَلَى ٱلَّيْلِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى أَلَا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْغَفَّٰرُ

    ك-و-رش-م-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 81:1?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 81:1 include Quran 82:1 (Surah Al-Infitaar), Quran 77:9 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 82:2 (Surah Al-Infitaar), and Quran 82:3 (Surah Al-Infitaar). For example, 82:1 reads: “When the sky breaks apart” 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 81:1 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 81:1 (Surah At-Takwir, The Overthrowing) reads: “When the sun is wrapped up [in darkness]”

Which surah is verse 81:1 in?

Quran 81:1 is āyah 1 of Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing), chapter 81 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 29 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 81:1?

Tartīl presents Quran 81:1 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.