Surah Aal-i-Imraan · Ayah 181·Madanī

181

لَّقَدْ ٱلَّذِينَ إِنَّ وَنَحْنُ مَا ﴿١٨١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Allah has certainly heard the statement of those [Jews] who said, "Indeed, Allah is poor, while we are rich." We will record what they said and their killing of the prophets without right and will say, "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

چرا بهود خدا را فقیر پنداشتند؟!

در ذیل این آیه از امام صادق(ع) روایت شده است: «به خدا سوگند, [گویندگان این سخن که خدا فقیر است] خدا را ندیدند تا بدانند که او فقیر است؛ اما هنگامی که آنها دوستان خدا را در فقر دیدند. گفتند: اگر خدا تروتمند بود. دوستانش را نیز تروتمند می‌کرد. پس به خاطر تروتشان» بر خدا فخرفروشی کردند.»

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 · 13 roots in 17 of 22 words

Rarest here: ح-ر-ق 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 26 points across 7 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Ghunnah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

22 words · 95 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 181 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.

  • إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا سَوْفَ نُصْلِيهِمْ نَارًا كُلَّمَا نَضِجَتْ جُلُودُهُم بَدَّلْنَٰهُمْ جُلُودًا غَيْرَهَا لِيَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَزِيزًا حَكِيمًا

    Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our verses - We will drive them into a Fire. Every time their skins are roasted through We will replace them with other skins so they may taste the…

  • وَإِذْ قَالُوا۟ ٱللَّهُمَّ إِن كَانَ هَٰذَا هُوَ ٱلْحَقَّ مِنْ عِندِكَ فَأَمْطِرْ عَلَيْنَا حِجَارَةً مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَوِ ٱئْتِنَا بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    And [remember] when they said, "O Allah, if this should be the truth from You, then rain down upon us stones from the sky or bring us a painful punishment."

  • قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُلٌّ فِيهَآ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ قَدْ حَكَمَ بَيْنَ ٱلْعِبَادِ

    Those who had been arrogant will say, "Indeed, all [of us] are in it. Indeed, Allah has judged between the servants."

  • وَإِذْ قَالَ إِبْرَٰهِـۧمُ رَبِّ ٱجْعَلْ هَٰذَا بَلَدًا ءَامِنًا وَٱرْزُقْ أَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ مِنْهُم بِٱللَّهِ وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ قَالَ وَمَن كَفَرَ فَأُمَتِّعُهُۥ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ أَضْطَرُّهُۥٓ إِلَىٰ عَذَابِ ٱلنَّارِ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    And [mention] when Abraham said, "My Lord, make this a secure city and provide its people with fruits - whoever of them believes in Allah and the Last Day." [Allah] said. "And…

  • يَسْمَعُ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ يُصِرُّ مُسْتَكْبِرًا كَأَن لَّمْ يَسْمَعْهَا فَبَشِّرْهُ بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    Who hears the verses of Allah recited to him, then persists arrogantly as if he had not heard them. So give him tidings of a painful punishment.

  • إِنَّ فِى هَٰذَا لَبَلَٰغًا لِّقَوْمٍ عَٰبِدِينَ

    Indeed, in this [Qur'an] is notification for a worshipping people.

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.

  • Faatir 35:153 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ أَنتُمُ ٱلْفُقَرَآءُ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ هُوَ ٱلْغَنِىُّ ٱلْحَمِيدُ

    ف-ق-رغ-ن-يأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Hajj 22:223 shared roots

    كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا مِنْ غَمٍّ أُعِيدُوا۟ فِيهَا وَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

    ح-ر-قذ-و-قع-ذ-ب

  • As-Saaffaat 37:313 shared roots

    فَحَقَّ عَلَيْنَا قَوْلُ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا لَذَآئِقُونَ

    ذ-و-قح-ق-قق-و-ل

  • Al-Anfaal 8:503 shared roots

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ يَتَوَفَّى ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ يَضْرِبُونَ وُجُوهَهُمْ وَأَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

    ح-ر-قذ-و-قع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:244 shared roots

    فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوهُ أَوْ حَرِّقُوهُ فَأَنجَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ح-ر-قق-ت-لق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Burooj 85:102 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فَتَنُوا۟ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ يَتُوبُوا۟ فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

    ح-ر-قع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 3:181?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 3:181 include Quran 4:56 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 8:32 (Surah Al-Anfaal), Quran 40:48 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 2:126 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 4:56 reads: “Indeed, those who disbelieve in Our verses - We will drive them into a Fire. Every time their skins are roasted through We will replace them with other skins so they may taste the…” 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 3:181 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 3:181 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, The Family of Imraan) reads: “Allah has certainly heard the statement of those [Jews] who said, "Indeed, Allah is poor, while we are rich." We will record what they said and their killing of the prophets without right and will say, "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire.”

Which surah is verse 3:181 in?

Quran 3:181 is āyah 181 of Surah Aal-i-Imraan (The Family of Imraan), chapter 3 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 200 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 3:181?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 3:181 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 3:181?

Tartīl presents Quran 3:181 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.