Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 25·Makkī

25

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا بِهِۦ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ ﴿٢٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He is not but a man possessed with madness, so wait concerning him for a time."

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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 10 words

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 30 letters · āyah 25 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.

  • Quran 74:17 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    سَأُرْهِقُهُۥ صَعُودًا

    I will cover him with arduous torment.

  • Quran 50:18 · Qaafclose

    مَّا يَلْفِظُ مِن قَوْلٍ إِلَّا لَدَيْهِ رَقِيبٌ عَتِيدٌ

    Man does not utter any word except that with him is an observer prepared [to record].

  • Quran 90:6 · Al-Baladclose

    يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

    He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

  • Quran 75:35 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    ثُمَّ أَوْلَىٰ لَكَ فَأَوْلَىٰٓ

    Then woe to you, and woe!

  • Quran 25:8 · Al-Furqaanclose

    أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

    Or [why is not] a treasure presented to him [from heaven], or does he [not] have a garden from which he eats?" And the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by magic."

  • Quran 51:39 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    فَتَوَلَّىٰ بِرُكْنِهِۦ وَقَالَ سَٰحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

    But he turned away with his supporters and said," A magician or a madman."

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-Baqara 2:2282 shared roots

    وَٱلْمُطَلَّقَٰتُ يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنفُسِهِنَّ ثَلَٰثَةَ قُرُوٓءٍ وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَهُنَّ أَن يَكْتُمْنَ مَا خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ فِىٓ أَرْحَامِهِنَّ إِن كُنَّ يُؤْمِنَّ بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَبُعُولَتُهُنَّ أَحَقُّ بِرَدِّهِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ إِنْ أَرَادُوٓا۟ إِصْلَٰحًا وَلَهُنَّ مِثْلُ ٱلَّذِى عَلَيْهِنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَلِلرِّجَالِ عَلَيْهِنَّ دَرَجَةٌ وَٱللَّهُ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

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  • Al-Jinn 72:62 shared roots

    وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا

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  • Al-Furqaan 25:82 shared roots

    أَوْ يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ تَكُونُ لَهُۥ جَنَّةٌ يَأْكُلُ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

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  • Al-Qasas 28:152 shared roots

    وَدَخَلَ ٱلْمَدِينَةَ عَلَىٰ حِينِ غَفْلَةٍ مِّنْ أَهْلِهَا فَوَجَدَ فِيهَا رَجُلَيْنِ يَقْتَتِلَانِ هَٰذَا مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ وَهَٰذَا مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَٱسْتَغَٰثَهُ ٱلَّذِى مِن شِيعَتِهِۦ عَلَى ٱلَّذِى مِنْ عَدُوِّهِۦ فَوَكَزَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ فَقَضَىٰ عَلَيْهِ قَالَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عَمَلِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ إِنَّهُۥ عَدُوٌّ مُّضِلٌّ مُّبِينٌ

    ح-ي-نر-ج-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:462 shared roots

    وَبَيْنَهُمَا حِجَابٌ وَعَلَى ٱلْأَعْرَافِ رِجَالٌ يَعْرِفُونَ كُلًّۢا بِسِيمَىٰهُمْ وَنَادَوْا۟ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ أَن سَلَٰمٌ عَلَيْكُمْ لَمْ يَدْخُلُوهَا وَهُمْ يَطْمَعُونَ

    ر-ج-لج-ن-ن

  • Al-Kahf 18:322 shared roots

    وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا رَّجُلَيْنِ جَعَلْنَا لِأَحَدِهِمَا جَنَّتَيْنِ مِنْ أَعْنَٰبٍ وَحَفَفْنَٰهُمَا بِنَخْلٍ وَجَعَلْنَا بَيْنَهُمَا زَرْعًا

    ر-ج-لج-ن-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 23:25?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:25 include Quran 74:17 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 50:18 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 90:6 (Surah Al-Balad), and Quran 75:35 (Surah Al-Qiyaama). For example, 74:17 reads: “I will cover him with arduous torment.” 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 23:25 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:25 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “He is not but a man possessed with madness, so wait concerning him for a time."”

Which surah is verse 23:25 in?

Quran 23:25 is āyah 25 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 23:25?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:25 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.