Surah Ar-Rahmaan · Ayah 9·Madanī

9

وَلَا ﴿٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.

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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 5 of 6 words

Recitation · 10 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 34 letters · āyah 9 of 78

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 91:7 · Ash-Shamsclose

    وَنَفْسٍ وَمَا سَوَّىٰهَا

    And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it

  • Quran 84:3 · Al-Inshiqaaqclose

    وَإِذَا ٱلْأَرْضُ مُدَّتْ

    And when the earth has been extended

  • Quran 88:21 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    فَذَكِّرْ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ مُذَكِّرٌ

    So remind, [O Muhammad]; you are only a reminder.

  • Quran 55:30 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

  • Quran 25:1 · Al-Furqaanclose

    تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ ٱلْفُرْقَانَ عَلَىٰ عَبْدِهِۦ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ نَذِيرًا

    Blessed is He who sent down the Criterion upon His Servant that he may be to the worlds a warner -

  • Quran 26:182 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ

    And weigh with an even balance.

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-Mutaffifin 83:32 shared roots

    وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

    و-ز-نخ-س-ر

  • Al-A'raaf 7:92 shared roots

    وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ

    و-ز-نخ-س-ر

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1032 shared roots

    وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فِى جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ

    و-ز-نخ-س-ر

  • Hud 11:853 shared roots

    وَيَٰقَوْمِ أَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْمِكْيَالَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

    و-ز-نق-س-طق-و-م

  • Al-Hadid 57:253 shared roots

    لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلَنَا بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَأَنزَلْنَا مَعَهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ لِيَقُومَ ٱلنَّاسُ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَأَنزَلْنَا ٱلْحَدِيدَ فِيهِ بَأْسٌ شَدِيدٌ وَمَنَٰفِعُ لِلنَّاسِ وَلِيَعْلَمَ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَنصُرُهُۥ وَرُسُلَهُۥ بِٱلْغَيْبِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَوِىٌّ عَزِيزٌ

    و-ز-نق-س-طق-و-م

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:473 shared roots

    وَنَضَعُ ٱلْمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَٰسِبِينَ

    و-ز-نق-س-طق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 55:9?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 55:9 include Quran 91:7 (Surah Ash-Shams), Quran 84:3 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq), Quran 88:21 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya), and Quran 55:30 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan). For example, 91:7 reads: “And [by] the soul and He who proportioned it” 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 55:9 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 55:9 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan, The Beneficent) reads: “And establish weight in justice and do not make deficient the balance.”

Which surah is verse 55:9 in?

Quran 55:9 is āyah 9 of Surah Ar-Rahmaan (The Beneficent), chapter 55 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 78 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 55:9?

Tartīl presents Quran 55:9 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.