Surah Al-Muminoon · Ayah 34·Makkī

34

وَلَئِنْ إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا ﴿٣٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.

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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 7 words

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār3
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 31 letters · āyah 34 of 118

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 3:149 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تُطِيعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَٰبِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ

    O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.

  • Quran 26:166 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَتَذَرُونَ مَا خَلَقَ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّنْ أَزْوَٰجِكُم بَلْ أَنتُمْ قَوْمٌ عَادُونَ

    And leave what your Lord has created for you as mates? But you are a people transgressing."

  • Quran 7:90 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ

    Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shu'ayb, indeed, you would then be losers."

  • Quran 68:11 · Al-Qalamclose

    هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ

    [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

  • Quran 15:42 · Al-Hijrclose

    إِنَّ عِبَادِى لَيْسَ لَكَ عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنٌ إِلَّا مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَكَ مِنَ ٱلْغَاوِينَ

    Indeed, My servants - no authority will you have over them, except those who follow you of the deviators.

  • Quran 9:53 · At-Tawbaclose

    قُلْ أَنفِقُوا۟ طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    Say, "Spend willingly or unwillingly; never will it be accepted from you. Indeed, you have been a defiantly disobedient 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.

  • Al-Muminoon 23:472 shared roots

    فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَنُؤْمِنُ لِبَشَرَيْنِ مِثْلِنَا وَقَوْمُهُمَا لَنَا عَٰبِدُونَ

    ب-ش-رم-ث-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1542 shared roots

    مَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا فَأْتِ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    ب-ش-رم-ث-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1862 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَنتَ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَإِن نَّظُنُّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْكَٰذِبِينَ

    ب-ش-رم-ث-ل

  • Al-Maaida 5:302 shared roots

    فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    خ-س-رط-و-ع

  • Yaseen 36:152 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُنَا وَمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ مِن شَىْءٍ إِنْ أَنتُمْ إِلَّا تَكْذِبُونَ

    ب-ش-رم-ث-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1492 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِن تُطِيعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يَرُدُّوكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَعْقَٰبِكُمْ فَتَنقَلِبُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ

    خ-س-رط-و-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 23:34?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 23:34 include Quran 3:149 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 26:166 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 7:90 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 68:11 (Surah Al-Qalam). For example, 3:149 reads: “O you who have believed, if you obey those who disbelieve, they will turn you back on your heels, and you will [then] become losers.” 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 23:34 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 23:34 (Surah Al-Muminoon, The Believers) reads: “And if you should obey a man like yourselves, indeed, you would then be losers.”

Which surah is verse 23:34 in?

Quran 23:34 is āyah 34 of Surah Al-Muminoon (The Believers), chapter 23 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 118 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 23:34?

Tartīl presents Quran 23:34 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.