Surah An-Nisaa · Ayah 117·Madanī

117

إِن مِن إِلَّآ وَإِن إِلَّا ﴿١١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They call upon instead of Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan.

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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 11 words

Rarest here: م-ر-د 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 17 points across 5 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)6
  • Qalqalah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Ghunnah1
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 41 letters · āyah 117 of 176

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.

  • يَٰٓأَبَتِ لَا تَعْبُدِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ إِنَّ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنَ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ عَصِيًّا

    O my father, do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.

  • وَجَدتُّهَا وَقَوْمَهَا يَسْجُدُونَ لِلشَّمْسِ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَصَدَّهُمْ عَنِ ٱلسَّبِيلِ فَهُمْ لَا يَهْتَدُونَ

    I found her and her people prostrating to the sun instead of Allah, and Satan has made their deeds pleasing to them and averted them from [His] way, so they are not guided,

  • وَٱسْتَفْزِزْ مَنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ مِنْهُم بِصَوْتِكَ وَأَجْلِبْ عَلَيْهِم بِخَيْلِكَ وَرَجِلِكَ وَشَارِكْهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَوْلَٰدِ وَعِدْهُمْ وَمَا يَعِدُهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا

    And incite [to senselessness] whoever you can among them with your voice and assault them with your horses and foot soldiers and become a partner in their wealth and their…

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَمَن يَكُنِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لَهُۥ قَرِينًا فَسَآءَ قَرِينًا

    And [also] those who spend of their wealth to be seen by the people and believe not in Allah nor in the Last Day. And he to whom Satan is a companion - then evil is he as a…

  • وَلَا يَخَافُ عُقْبَٰهَا

    And He does not fear the consequence thereof.

  • كَلَّا سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا

    No! Those "gods" will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement].

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:72 shared roots

    وَحِفْظًا مِّن كُلِّ شَيْطَٰنٍ مَّارِدٍ

    م-ر-دش-ط-ن

  • Al-Hajj 22:32 shared roots

    وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ مَن يُجَٰدِلُ فِى ٱللَّهِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَيَتَّبِعُ كُلَّ شَيْطَٰنٍ مَّرِيدٍ

    م-ر-دش-ط-ن

  • An-Nahl 16:202 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

    د-و-ند-ع-و

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1972 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَكُمْ وَلَآ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَنصُرُونَ

    د-و-ند-ع-و

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:362 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَضَعْتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ٱلذَّكَرُ كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ وَإِنِّى سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّىٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

    أ-ن-ثش-ط-ن

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:422 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ مَا يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مِن شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    د-و-ند-ع-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 4:117?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 4:117 include Quran 19:44 (Surah Maryam), Quran 27:24 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 17:64 (Surah Al-Israa), and Quran 4:38 (Surah An-Nisaa). For example, 19:44 reads: “O my father, do not worship Satan. Indeed Satan has ever been, to the Most Merciful, disobedient.” 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 4:117 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 4:117 (Surah An-Nisaa, The Women) reads: “They call upon instead of Him none but female [deities], and they [actually] call upon none but a rebellious Satan.”

Which surah is verse 4:117 in?

Quran 4:117 is āyah 117 of Surah An-Nisaa (The Women), chapter 4 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 176 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 4:117?

Tartīl presents Quran 4:117 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.