Surah Qaaf · Ayah 20·Makkī

20

فِى ذَٰلِكَ ﴿٢٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat.

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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 6 words

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 23 letters · āyah 20 of 45

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 20:102 · Taa-Haavery close

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا

    The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.

  • Quran 78:18 · An-Nabavery close

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

    The Day the Horn is blown and you will come forth in multitudes

  • Quran 20:103 · Taa-Haavery close

    يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ بَيْنَهُمْ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا عَشْرًا

    They will murmur among themselves, "You remained not but ten [days in the world]."

  • Quran 39:68 · Az-Zumarclose

    وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَىٰ فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنظُرُونَ

    And the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will fall dead except whom Allah wills. Then it will be blown again, and at once they will be…

  • Quran 27:87 · An-Namlclose

    وَيَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَفَزِعَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ وَكُلٌّ أَتَوْهُ دَٰخِرِينَ

    And [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allah wills. And all will come to Him humbled.

  • Quran 36:51 · Yaseenclose

    وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَإِذَا هُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَنسِلُونَ

    And the Horn will be blown; and at once from the graves to their Lord they will hasten.

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-Haaqqa 69:132 shared roots

    فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ نَفْخَةٌ وَٰحِدَةٌ

    ص-و-رن-ف-خ

  • An-Naba 78:183 shared roots

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَتَأْتُونَ أَفْوَاجًا

    ص-و-رن-ف-خي-و-م

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1013 shared roots

    فَإِذَا نُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَلَآ أَنسَابَ بَيْنَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ وَلَا يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    ص-و-رن-ف-خي-و-م

  • Al-Kahf 18:993 shared roots

    وَتَرَكْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَمُوجُ فِى بَعْضٍ وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَجَمَعْنَٰهُمْ جَمْعًا

    ص-و-رن-ف-خي-و-م

  • Taa-Haa 20:1023 shared roots

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا

    ص-و-رن-ف-خي-و-م

  • Az-Zumar 39:682 shared roots

    وَنُفِخَ فِى ٱلصُّورِ فَصَعِقَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا مَن شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ نُفِخَ فِيهِ أُخْرَىٰ فَإِذَا هُمْ قِيَامٌ يَنظُرُونَ

    ص-و-رن-ف-خ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 50:20?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 50:20 include Quran 20:102 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 78:18 (Surah An-Naba), Quran 20:103 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 39:68 (Surah Az-Zumar). For example, 20:102 reads: “The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.” 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 50:20 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 50:20 (Surah Qaaf, The letter Qaaf) reads: “And the Horn will be blown. That is the Day of [carrying out] the threat.”

Which surah is verse 50:20 in?

Quran 50:20 is āyah 20 of Surah Qaaf (The letter Qaaf), chapter 50 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 45 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 50:20?

Tartīl presents Quran 50:20 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.