Surah Al-Maa'un · Ayah 3·Makkī

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وَلَا عَلَىٰ ﴿٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 5 words

Rarest here: ح-ض-ض — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 20 letters · āyah 3 of 7

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 89:17 · Al-Fajrvery close

    كَلَّا بَل لَّا تُكْرِمُونَ ٱلْيَتِيمَ

    No! But you do not honor the orphan

  • Quran 93:10 · Ad-Dhuhaaclose

    وَأَمَّا ٱلسَّآئِلَ فَلَا تَنْهَرْ

    And as for the petitioner, do not repel [him].

  • Quran 93:9 · Ad-Dhuhaaclose

    فَأَمَّا ٱلْيَتِيمَ فَلَا تَقْهَرْ

    So as for the orphan, do not oppress [him].

  • Quran 70:21 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    وَإِذَا مَسَّهُ ٱلْخَيْرُ مَنُوعًا

    And when good touches him, withholding [of it],

  • Quran 96:10 · Al-Alaqclose

    عَبْدًا إِذَا صَلَّىٰٓ

    A servant when he prays?

  • Quran 15:56 · Al-Hijrclose

    قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

    He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"

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-Fajr 89:183 shared roots

    وَلَا تَحَٰٓضُّونَ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

    ح-ض-ضط-ع-مس-ك-ن

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:343 shared roots

    وَلَا يَحُضُّ عَلَىٰ طَعَامِ ٱلْمِسْكِينِ

    ح-ض-ضط-ع-مس-ك-ن

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:442 shared roots

    وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

    ط-ع-مس-ك-ن

  • Al-Insaan 76:82 shared roots

    وَيُطْعِمُونَ ٱلطَّعَامَ عَلَىٰ حُبِّهِۦ مِسْكِينًا وَيَتِيمًا وَأَسِيرًا

    ط-ع-مس-ك-ن

  • Al-Mujaadila 58:42 shared roots

    فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَتَمَآسَّا فَمَن لَّمْ يَسْتَطِعْ فَإِطْعَامُ سِتِّينَ مِسْكِينًا ذَٰلِكَ لِتُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِۦ وَتِلْكَ حُدُودُ ٱللَّهِ وَلِلْكَٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    ط-ع-مس-ك-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:1842 shared roots

    أَيَّامًا مَّعْدُودَٰتٍ فَمَن كَانَ مِنكُم مَّرِيضًا أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّةٌ مِّنْ أَيَّامٍ أُخَرَ وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يُطِيقُونَهُۥ فِدْيَةٌ طَعَامُ مِسْكِينٍ فَمَن تَطَوَّعَ خَيْرًا فَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لَّهُۥ وَأَن تَصُومُوا۟ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    ط-ع-مس-ك-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 107:3?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 107:3 include Quran 89:17 (Surah Al-Fajr), Quran 93:10 (Surah Ad-Dhuhaa), Quran 93:9 (Surah Ad-Dhuhaa), and Quran 70:21 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij). For example, 89:17 reads: “No! But you do not honor the orphan” 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 107:3 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 107:3 (Surah Al-Maa'un, Almsgiving) reads: “And does not encourage the feeding of the poor.”

Which surah is verse 107:3 in?

Quran 107:3 is āyah 3 of Surah Al-Maa'un (Almsgiving), chapter 107 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 7 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 107:3?

Tartīl presents Quran 107:3 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.