Surah Al-Furqaan · Ayah 3·Makkī

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مِن لَّا وَهُمْ وَلَا وَلَا وَلَا وَلَا وَلَا ﴿٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.

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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 · 12 roots in 14 of 22 words

Recitation · 30 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī15
  • Ikhfāʾ9
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

22 words · 93 letters · āyah 3 of 77

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 16:20 · An-Nahlclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

    And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.

  • Quran 7:191 · Al-A'raafclose

    أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

    Do they associate with Him those who create nothing and they are [themselves] created?

  • Quran 46:33 · Al-Ahqafclose

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَمْ يَعْىَ بِخَلْقِهِنَّ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بَلَىٰٓ إِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    Do they not see that Allah, who created the heavens and earth and did not fail in their creation, is able to give life to the dead? Yes. Indeed, He is over all things competent.

  • Quran 16:73 · An-Nahlclose

    وَيَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا يَمْلِكُ لَهُمْ رِزْقًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

    And they worship besides Allah that which does not possess for them [the power of] provision from the heavens and the earth at all, and [in fact], they are unable.

  • Quran 21:21 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَالِهَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ هُمْ يُنشِرُونَ

    Or have men taken for themselves gods from the earth who resurrect [the dead]?

  • Quran 21:99 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    لَوْ كَانَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ءَالِهَةً مَّا وَرَدُوهَا وَكُلٌّ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    Had these [false deities] been [actual] gods, they would not have come to it, but all are eternal therein.

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 25:3?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 25:3 include Quran 16:20 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 7:191 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 46:33 (Surah Al-Ahqaf), and Quran 16:73 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 16:20 reads: “And those they invoke other than Allah create nothing, and they [themselves] are created.” 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 25:3 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 25:3 (Surah Al-Furqaan, The Criterion) reads: “But they have taken besides Him gods which create nothing, while they are created, and possess not for themselves any harm or benefit and possess not [power to cause] death or life or resurrection.”

Which surah is verse 25:3 in?

Quran 25:3 is āyah 3 of Surah Al-Furqaan (The Criterion), chapter 25 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 77 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 25:3?

Tartīl presents Quran 25:3 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.