Surah At-Tur · Ayah 9·Makkī

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Translation

Saheeh International

On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion

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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 · 3 roots in 4 of 4 words

Rarest here: م-و-ر — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 17 letters · āyah 9 of 49

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 69:15 · Al-Haaqqavery close

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ وَقَعَتِ ٱلْوَاقِعَةُ

    Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,

  • Quran 70:8 · Al-Ma'aarijvery close

    يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

    On the Day the sky will be like murky oil,

  • Quran 77:10 · Al-Mursalaatvery close

    وَإِذَا ٱلْجِبَالُ نُسِفَتْ

    And when the mountains are blown away

  • Quran 77:9 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَإِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ فُرِجَتْ

    And when the heaven is opened

  • Quran 56:3 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    خَافِضَةٌ رَّافِعَةٌ

    It will bring down [some] and raise up [others].

  • Quran 18:47 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَيَوْمَ نُسَيِّرُ ٱلْجِبَالَ وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ بَارِزَةً وَحَشَرْنَٰهُمْ فَلَمْ نُغَادِرْ مِنْهُمْ أَحَدًا

    And [warn of] the Day when We will remove the mountains and you will see the earth prominent, and We will gather them and not leave behind from them anyone.

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-Mulk 67:162 shared roots

    ءَأَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَإِذَا هِىَ تَمُورُ

    م-و-رس-م-و

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:82 shared roots

    يَوْمَ تَكُونُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ كَٱلْمُهْلِ

    س-م-وي-و-م

  • An-Noor 24:642 shared roots

    أَلَآ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ قَدْ يَعْلَمُ مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَيَوْمَ يُرْجَعُونَ إِلَيْهِ فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَٱللَّهُ بِكُلِّ شَىْءٍ عَلِيمٌۢ

    س-م-وي-و-م

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:292 shared roots

    يَسْـَٔلُهُۥ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ هُوَ فِى شَأْنٍ

    س-م-وي-و-م

  • Al-Furqaan 25:252 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا

    س-م-وي-و-م

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:272 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

    س-م-وي-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 52:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 52:9 include Quran 69:15 (Surah Al-Haaqqa), Quran 70:8 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), Quran 77:10 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), and Quran 77:9 (Surah Al-Mursalaat). For example, 69:15 reads: “Then on that Day, the Resurrection will occur,” 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 52:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 52:9 (Surah At-Tur, The Mount) reads: “On the Day the heaven will sway with circular motion”

Which surah is verse 52:9 in?

Quran 52:9 is āyah 9 of Surah At-Tur (The Mount), chapter 52 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 49 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 52:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 52:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.