Surah Al-Qaari'a · Ayah 8·Makkī

8

وَأَمَّا مَنْ ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But as for one whose scales are light,

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 4 words

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 15 letters · āyah 8 of 11

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.

  • فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْيُسْرَىٰ

    We will ease him toward ease.

  • فَسَنُيَسِّرُهُۥ لِلْعُسْرَىٰ

    We will ease him toward difficulty.

  • يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِىٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ

    The Day it comes no soul will speak except by His permission. And among them will be the wretched and the prosperous.

  • ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُۥ فَأَقْبَرَهُۥ

    Then He causes his death and provides a grave for him.

  • سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ

    He will [enter to] burn in a Fire of [blazing] flame

  • فِى جَنَّةٍ عَالِيَةٍ

    In an elevated garden,

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-A'raaf 7:92 shared roots

    وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ

    خ-ف-فو-ز-ن

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1032 shared roots

    وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فِى جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدُونَ

    خ-ف-فو-ز-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 101:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 101:8 include Quran 92:7 (Surah Al-Lail), Quran 92:10 (Surah Al-Lail), Quran 11:105 (Surah Hud), and Quran 80:21 (Surah Abasa). For example, 92:7 reads: “We will ease him toward ease.” 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 101:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 101:8 (Surah Al-Qaari'a, The Calamity) reads: “But as for one whose scales are light,”

Which surah is verse 101:8 in?

Quran 101:8 is āyah 8 of Surah Al-Qaari'a (The Calamity), chapter 101 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 11 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 101:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 101:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.