Surah Yusuf · Ayah 104·Makkī

104

وَمَا عَلَيْهِ مِنْ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ﴿١٠٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And you do not ask of them for it any payment. It is not except a reminder to the worlds.

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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 · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Iẓhār4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 35 letters · āyah 104 of 111

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 38:87 · Saadclose

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    It is but a reminder to the worlds.

  • Quran 26:127 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

  • Quran 56:25 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    لَا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًا وَلَا تَأْثِيمًا

    They will not hear therein ill speech or commission of sin -

  • Quran 9:121 · At-Tawbaclose

    وَلَا يُنفِقُونَ نَفَقَةً صَغِيرَةً وَلَا كَبِيرَةً وَلَا يَقْطَعُونَ وَادِيًا إِلَّا كُتِبَ لَهُمْ لِيَجْزِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَحْسَنَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Nor do they spend an expenditure, small or large, or cross a valley but that it is registered for them that Allah may reward them for the best of what they were doing.

  • Quran 68:46 · Al-Qalamrelated

    أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

    Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

  • Quran 107:7 · Al-Maa'unrelated

    وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ

    And withhold [simple] assistance.

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1803 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-لع-ل-م

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1643 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-لع-ل-م

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1453 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-لع-ل-م

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1273 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-لع-ل-م

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1093 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-لع-ل-م

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:442 shared roots

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكْرٌ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُونَ

    س-أ-لذ-ك-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:104?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:104 include Quran 38:87 (Surah Saad), Quran 26:127 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 56:25 (Surah Al-Waaqia), and Quran 9:121 (Surah At-Tawba). For example, 38:87 reads: “It is but a reminder to the worlds.” 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 12:104 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:104 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “And you do not ask of them for it any payment. It is not except a reminder to the worlds.”

Which surah is verse 12:104 in?

Quran 12:104 is āyah 104 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:104?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:104 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.