Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 60·Makkī

60

وَٱلَّذِينَ مَآ أَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ ﴿٦٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they who give what they give while their hearts are fearful because they will be returning to their Lord -

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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 6 of 10 words

Rarest here: و-ج-ل 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Iẓhār1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 45 letters · āyah 60 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.

  • تَتَجَافَىٰ جُنُوبُهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْمَضَاجِعِ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ خَوْفًا وَطَمَعًا وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

    They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend.

  • إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَأَجْرٌ كَبِيرٌ

    Indeed, those who fear their Lord unseen will have forgiveness and great reward.

  • وَإِذَا قِيلَ لَهُمُ ٱتَّقُوا۟ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيكُمْ وَمَا خَلْفَكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

    But when it is said to them, "Beware of what is before you and what is behind you; perhaps you will receive mercy... "

  • مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ

    Who feared the Most Merciful unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance].

  • أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ يَبْتَغُونَ إِلَىٰ رَبِّهِمُ ٱلْوَسِيلَةَ أَيُّهُمْ أَقْرَبُ وَيَرْجُونَ رَحْمَتَهُۥ وَيَخَافُونَ عَذَابَهُۥٓ إِنَّ عَذَابَ رَبِّكَ كَانَ مَحْذُورًا

    Those whom they invoke seek means of access to their Lord, [striving as to] which of them would be nearest, and they hope for His mercy and fear His punishment. Indeed, the…

  • ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ وَٱلْمُقِيمِى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

    Who, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts are fearful, and [to] the patient over what has afflicted them, and the establishers of prayer and those who spend from what We have…

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-Anfaal 8:23 shared roots

    إِنَّمَا ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَإِذَا تُلِيَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُهُۥ زَادَتْهُمْ إِيمَٰنًا وَعَلَىٰ رَبِّهِمْ يَتَوَكَّلُونَ

    و-ج-لق-ل-بر-ب-ب

  • Al-Hajj 22:352 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَجِلَتْ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَصَابَهُمْ وَٱلْمُقِيمِى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

    و-ج-لق-ل-ب

  • Al-Alaq 96:82 shared roots

    إِنَّ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ ٱلرُّجْعَىٰٓ

    ر-ج-عر-ب-ب

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:142 shared roots

    وَإِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا لَمُنقَلِبُونَ

    ق-ل-بر-ب-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1252 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

    ق-ل-بر-ب-ب

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:892 shared roots

    إِلَّا مَنْ أَتَى ٱللَّهَ بِقَلْبٍ سَلِيمٍ

    ق-ل-بأ-ت-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 23:60?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:60 include Quran 32:16 (Surah As-Sajda), Quran 67:12 (Surah Al-Mulk), Quran 36:45 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 50:33 (Surah Qaaf). For example, 32:16 reads: “They arise from [their] beds; they supplicate their Lord in fear and aspiration, and from what We have provided them, they spend.” 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 23:60 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:60 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “And they who give what they give while their hearts are fearful because they will be returning to their Lord -”

Which surah is verse 23:60 in?

Quran 23:60 is āyah 60 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 23:60?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:60 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.