Surah An-Nisaa · Ayah 121·Madanī

121

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَا عَنْهَا ﴿١٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The refuge of those will be Hell, and they will not find from it an escape.

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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 7 words

Rarest here: ح-ي-ص — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd muttaṣil6
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār2

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 32 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 121 of 176

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 3:88 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

  • Quran 78:22 · An-Nabaclose

    لِّلطَّٰغِينَ مَـَٔابًا

    For the transgressors, a place of return,

  • Quran 45:10 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    مِّن وَرَآئِهِمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُم مَّا كَسَبُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا مَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    Before them is Hell, and what they had earned will not avail them at all nor what they had taken besides Allah as allies. And they will have a great punishment.

  • Quran 3:197 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    مَتَٰعٌ قَلِيلٌ ثُمَّ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

    [It is but] a small enjoyment; then their [final] refuge is Hell, and wretched is the resting place.

  • Quran 25:34 · Al-Furqaanclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ يُحْشَرُونَ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ إِلَىٰ جَهَنَّمَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ شَرٌّ مَّكَانًا وَأَضَلُّ سَبِيلًا

    The ones who are gathered on their faces to Hell - those are the worst in position and farthest astray in [their] way.

  • Quran 5:37 · Al-Maaidaclose

    يُرِيدُونَ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنَ ٱلنَّارِ وَمَا هُم بِخَٰرِجِينَ مِنْهَا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    They will wish to get out of the Fire, but never are they to emerge therefrom, and for them is an enduring punishment.

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.

  • Ad-Dhuhaa 93:62 shared roots

    أَلَمْ يَجِدْكَ يَتِيمًا فَـَٔاوَىٰ

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  • Al-Israa 17:972 shared roots

    وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَٰهُمْ سَعِيرًا

    أ-و-يو-ج-د

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 4:121?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 4:121 include Quran 3:88 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 78:22 (Surah An-Naba), Quran 45:10 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), and Quran 3:197 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 3:88 reads: “Abiding eternally therein. The punishment will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.” 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 4:121 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 4:121 (Surah An-Nisaa, The Women) reads: “The refuge of those will be Hell, and they will not find from it an escape.”

Which surah is verse 4:121 in?

Quran 4:121 is āyah 121 of Surah An-Nisaa (The Women), chapter 4 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 176 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 4:121?

Tartīl presents Quran 4:121 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.