Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 100·Madanī

100

مِّنْهُم بَلْ لَا ﴿١٠٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Is it not [true] that every time they took a covenant a party of them threw it away? But, [in fact], most of them do not believe.

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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 7 of 10 words

Recitation · 15 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Ghunnah2
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 43 letters · āyah 100 of 286

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 26:190 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

  • Quran 36:7 · Yaseenclose

    لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Already the word has come into effect upon most of them, so they do not believe.

  • Quran 24:47 · An-Noorclose

    وَيَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    But the hypocrites say, "We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not believers.

  • Quran 8:56 · Al-Anfaalclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ عَٰهَدتَّ مِنْهُمْ ثُمَّ يَنقُضُونَ عَهْدَهُمْ فِى كُلِّ مَرَّةٍ وَهُمْ لَا يَتَّقُونَ

    The ones with whom you made a treaty but then they break their pledge every time, and they do not fear Allah.

  • Quran 9:12 · At-Tawbaclose

    وَإِن نَّكَثُوٓا۟ أَيْمَٰنَهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ عَهْدِهِمْ وَطَعَنُوا۟ فِى دِينِكُمْ فَقَٰتِلُوٓا۟ أَئِمَّةَ ٱلْكُفْرِ إِنَّهُمْ لَآ أَيْمَٰنَ لَهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَنتَهُونَ

    And if they break their oaths after their treaty and defame your religion, then fight the leaders of disbelief, for indeed, there are no oaths [sacred] to them; [fight them that]…

  • Quran 7:102 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٍ وَإِن وَجَدْنَآ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَٰسِقِينَ

    And We did not find for most of them any covenant; but indeed, We found most of them defiantly disobedient.

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 2:1012 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ن-ب-ذف-ر-ق

  • Al-Baqara 2:1012 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ن-ب-ذف-ر-ق

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1022 shared roots

    وَمَا وَجَدْنَا لِأَكْثَرِهِم مِّنْ عَهْدٍ وَإِن وَجَدْنَآ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَفَٰسِقِينَ

    ع-ه-دك-ث-ر

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:42 shared roots

    فِيهَا يُفْرَقُ كُلُّ أَمْرٍ حَكِيمٍ

    ف-ر-قك-ل-ل

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:322 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

    ع-ه-دأ-م-ن

  • Al-Muminoon 23:82 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

    ع-ه-دأ-م-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:100?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:100 include Quran 26:190 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 36:7 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 24:47 (Surah An-Noor), and Quran 8:56 (Surah Al-Anfaal). For example, 26:190 reads: “Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.” 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 2:100 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:100 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “Is it not [true] that every time they took a covenant a party of them threw it away? But, [in fact], most of them do not believe.”

Which surah is verse 2:100 in?

Quran 2:100 is āyah 100 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:100?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:100 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.