Surah At-Takwir · Ayah 6·Makkī

6

وَإِذَا ﴿٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when the seas are filled with flame

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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: س-ج-ر — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2

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 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.

  • Quran 82:2 · Al-Infitaarclose

    وَإِذَا ٱلْكَوَاكِبُ ٱنتَثَرَتْ

    And when the stars fall, scattering,

  • Quran 81:12 · At-Takwirclose

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجَحِيمُ سُعِّرَتْ

    And when Hellfire is set ablaze

  • Quran 40:72 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    فِى ٱلْحَمِيمِ ثُمَّ فِى ٱلنَّارِ يُسْجَرُونَ

    In boiling water; then in the Fire they will be filled [with flame].

  • Quran 82:4 · Al-Infitaarclose

    وَإِذَا ٱلْقُبُورُ بُعْثِرَتْ

    And when the [contents of] graves are scattered,

  • Quran 52:45 · At-Turclose

    فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

    So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -

  • Quran 18:99 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِى بَعْضٍ وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَٰهُمْ جَمْعًا

    And We will leave them that day surging over each other, and [then] the Horn will be blown, and We will assemble them in [one] assembly.

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 81:6?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 81:6 include Quran 82:2 (Surah Al-Infitaar), Quran 81:12 (Surah At-Takwir), Quran 40:72 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 82:4 (Surah Al-Infitaar). For example, 82:2 reads: “And when the stars fall, scattering,” 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 81:6 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 81:6 (Surah At-Takwir, The Overthrowing) reads: “And when the seas are filled with flame”

Which surah is verse 81:6 in?

Quran 81:6 is āyah 6 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 81:6?

Tartīl presents Quran 81:6 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.