Surah Aal-i-Imraan · Ayah 111·Madanī

111

لَن إِلَّآ وَإِن ثُمَّ لَا ﴿١١١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They will not harm you except for [some] annoyance. And if they fight you, they will show you their backs; then they will not be aided.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 11 words

Recitation · 19 points across 7 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)4
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 47 letters · āyah 111 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.

  • Quran 59:14 · Al-Hashrclose

    لَا يُقَٰتِلُونَكُمْ جَمِيعًا إِلَّا فِى قُرًى مُّحَصَّنَةٍ أَوْ مِن وَرَآءِ جُدُرٍۭ بَأْسُهُم بَيْنَهُمْ شَدِيدٌ تَحْسَبُهُمْ جَمِيعًا وَقُلُوبُهُمْ شَتَّىٰ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَعْقِلُونَ

    They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls. Their violence among themselves is severe. You think they are together, but their hearts are…

  • Quran 60:2 · Al-Mumtahanaclose

    إِن يَثْقَفُوكُمْ يَكُونُوا۟ لَكُمْ أَعْدَآءً وَيَبْسُطُوٓا۟ إِلَيْكُمْ أَيْدِيَهُمْ وَأَلْسِنَتَهُم بِٱلسُّوٓءِ وَوَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تَكْفُرُونَ

    If they gain dominance over you, they would be to you as enemies and extend against you their hands and their tongues with evil, and they wish you would disbelieve.

  • Quran 42:39 · Ash-Shuraclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَابَهُمُ ٱلْبَغْىُ هُمْ يَنتَصِرُونَ

    And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they defend themselves,

  • Quran 48:22 · Al-Fathclose

    وَلَوْ قَٰتَلَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوَلَّوُا۟ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    And if those [Makkans] who disbelieve had fought you, they would have turned their backs [in flight]. Then they would not find a protector or a helper.

  • Quran 59:12 · Al-Hashrclose

    لَئِنْ أُخْرِجُوا۟ لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَئِن قُوتِلُوا۟ لَا يَنصُرُونَهُمْ وَلَئِن نَّصَرُوهُمْ لَيُوَلُّنَّ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    If they are expelled, they will not leave with them, and if they are fought, they will not aid them. And [even] if they should aid them, they will surely turn their backs; then…

  • Quran 9:8 · At-Tawbaclose

    كَيْفَ وَإِن يَظْهَرُوا۟ عَلَيْكُمْ لَا يَرْقُبُوا۟ فِيكُمْ إِلًّا وَلَا ذِمَّةً يُرْضُونَكُم بِأَفْوَٰهِهِمْ وَتَأْبَىٰ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ فَٰسِقُونَ

    How [can there be a treaty] while, if they gain dominance over you, they do not observe concerning you any pact of kinship or covenant of protection? They satisfy you with their…

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-Hashr 59:124 shared roots

    لَئِنْ أُخْرِجُوا۟ لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَئِن قُوتِلُوا۟ لَا يَنصُرُونَهُمْ وَلَئِن نَّصَرُوهُمْ لَيُوَلُّنَّ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    د-ب-رق-ت-لن-ص-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Fath 48:224 shared roots

    وَلَوْ قَٰتَلَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوَلَّوُا۟ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    د-ب-رق-ت-لن-ص-رو-ل-ي

  • As-Saaffaat 37:902 shared roots

    فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:172 shared roots

    تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1502 shared roots

    بَلِ ٱللَّهُ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلنَّٰصِرِينَ

    ن-ص-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Anfaal 8:402 shared roots

    وَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ نِعْمَ ٱلْمَوْلَىٰ وَنِعْمَ ٱلنَّصِيرُ

    ن-ص-رو-ل-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 3:111?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 3:111 include Quran 59:14 (Surah Al-Hashr), Quran 60:2 (Surah Al-Mumtahana), Quran 42:39 (Surah Ash-Shura), and Quran 48:22 (Surah Al-Fath). For example, 59:14 reads: “They will not fight you all except within fortified cities or from behind walls. Their violence among themselves is severe. You think they are together, but their hearts are…” 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 3:111 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 3:111 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, The Family of Imraan) reads: “They will not harm you except for [some] annoyance. And if they fight you, they will show you their backs; then they will not be aided.”

Which surah is verse 3:111 in?

Quran 3:111 is āyah 111 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 3:111?

Tartīl presents Quran 3:111 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.