Surah Aal-i-Imraan · Ayah 88·Madanī

88

فِيهَا لَا عَنْهُمُ وَلَا هُمْ ﴿٨٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

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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 9 words

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 36 letters · āyah 88 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 18:108 · Al-Kahfvery close

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًا

    Wherein they abide eternally. They will not desire from it any transfer.

  • Quran 33:65 · Al-Ahzaabvery close

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا لَّا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    Abiding therein forever, they will not find a protector or a helper.

  • Quran 4:121 · An-Nisaaclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَا يَجِدُونَ عَنْهَا مَحِيصًا

    The refuge of those will be Hell, and they will not find from it an escape.

  • Quran 21:102 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَهَتْ أَنفُسُهُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ

    They will not hear its sound, while they are, in that which their souls desire, abiding eternally.

  • Quran 20:101 · Taa-Haaclose

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهِ وَسَآءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ حِمْلًا

    [Abiding] eternally therein, and evil it is for them on the Day of Resurrection as a load -

  • Quran 16:85 · An-Nahlclose

    وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

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-Baqara 2:1624 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    خ-ف-فخ-ل-دن-ظ-رع-ذ-ب

  • An-Nahl 16:853 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    خ-ف-فن-ظ-رع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1032 shared roots

    وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فِى جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ

    خ-ف-فخ-ل-د

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:492 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ

    خ-ف-فع-ذ-ب

  • Faatir 35:362 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى كُلَّ كَفُورٍ

    خ-ف-فع-ذ-ب

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:742 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ فِى عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ

    خ-ل-دع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 3:88?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 3:88 include Quran 18:108 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 33:65 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 4:121 (Surah An-Nisaa), and Quran 21:102 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 18:108 reads: “Wherein they abide eternally. They will not desire from it any transfer.” 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 3:88 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 3:88 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, The Family of Imraan) reads: “Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.”

Which surah is verse 3:88 in?

Quran 3:88 is āyah 88 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 3:88?

Tartīl presents Quran 3:88 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.