Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 103·Makkī

103

وَمَنْ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ ﴿١٠٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 10 words

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 45 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 103 of 118

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.

  • وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ

    And those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.

  • وَلِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِرَبِّهِمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    And for those who disbelieved in their Lord is the punishment of Hell, and wretched is the destination.

  • ٱلَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

    The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.

  • وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَٰشِعِينَ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ يَنظُرُونَ مِن طَرْفٍ خَفِىٍّ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِى عَذَابٍ مُّقِيمٍ

    And you will see them being exposed to the Fire, humbled from humiliation, looking from [behind] a covert glance. And those who had believed will say, "Indeed, the [true] losers…

  • أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا۟ فِيهَا وَبَٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.

  • خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهِ وَسَآءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ حِمْلًا

    [Abiding] eternally therein, and evil it is for them on the Day of Resurrection as a load -

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-A'raaf 7:94 shared roots

    وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ

    خ-ف-فو-ز-نخ-س-رن-ف-س

  • Al-Qaari'a 101:82 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

    خ-ف-فو-ز-ن

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:882 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    خ-ف-فخ-ل-د

  • Al-Baqara 2:1622 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    خ-ف-فخ-ل-د

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:92 shared roots

    وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

    و-ز-نخ-س-ر

  • Al-Mutaffifin 83:32 shared roots

    وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

    و-ز-نخ-س-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 23:103?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:103 include Quran 7:9 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 67:6 (Surah Al-Mulk), Quran 25:34 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 42:45 (Surah Ash-Shura). For example, 7:9 reads: “And those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.” 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 23:103 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:103 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.”

Which surah is verse 23:103 in?

Quran 23:103 is āyah 103 of Surah Al-Muminoon (The Believers), chapter 23 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 118 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 23:103?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:103 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.