Surah Aal-i-Imraan · Ayah 106·Madanī

106

فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ بِمَا ﴿١٠٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

On the Day [some] faces will turn white and [some] faces will turn black. As for those whose faces turn black, [to them it will be said], "Did you disbelieve after your belief? Then taste the punishment for what you used to reject."

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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 · 10 roots in 14 of 17 words

Rarest here: س-و-د 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 23 points across 7 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

17 words · 80 letters · āyah 106 of 200

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.

  • تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

    Blackness will cover them.

  • إِلَىٰ رَبِّهَا نَاظِرَةٌ

    Looking at their Lord.

  • فَبِأَىِّ حَدِيثٍۭ بَعْدَهُۥ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Then in what statement after the Qur'an will they believe?

  • يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    Covering the people; this is a painful torment.

  • فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ

    But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."

  • فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا

    Then how can you fear, if you disbelieve, a Day that will make the children white- haired?

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1072 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱبْيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فَفِى رَحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    ب-ي-ضو-ج-ه

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1072 shared roots

    وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱبْيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فَفِى رَحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    ب-ي-ضو-ج-ه

  • Az-Zumar 39:603 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ تَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وُجُوهُهُم مُّسْوَدَّةٌ أَلَيْسَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

    س-و-دو-ج-هي-و-م

  • Az-Zumar 39:245 shared roots

    أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِۦ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

    ذ-و-قو-ج-هع-ذ-بي-و-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Anfaal 8:143 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكُمْ فَذُوقُوهُ وَأَنَّ لِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

    ذ-و-قع-ذ-بك-ف-ر

  • Al-Qamar 54:392 shared roots

    فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ

    ذ-و-قع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 3:106?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 3:106 include Quran 80:41 (Surah Abasa), Quran 75:23 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), Quran 77:50 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), and Quran 44:11 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan). For example, 80:41 reads: “Blackness will cover them.” 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 3:106 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 3:106 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, The Family of Imraan) reads: “On the Day [some] faces will turn white and [some] faces will turn black. As for those whose faces turn black, [to them it will be said], "Did you disbelieve after your belief? Then taste the punishment for what you used to reject."”

Which surah is verse 3:106 in?

Quran 3:106 is āyah 106 of Surah Aal-i-Imraan (The Family of Imraan), chapter 3 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 200 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 3:106?

Tartīl presents Quran 3:106 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.