Surah An-Nisaa · Ayah 169·Madanī

169

إِلَّا جَهَنَّمَ فِيهَآ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ﴿١٦٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Except the path of Hell; they will abide therein forever. And that, for Allah, is [always] easy.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 11 words

Recitation · 16 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 43 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 169 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.

  • خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

    [They will be] abiding therein forever. Indeed, Allah has with Him a great reward.

  • خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقًّا وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    Wherein they abide eternally; [it is] the promise of Allah [which is] truth. And He is the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

  • وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    And Allah invites to the Home of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight path

  • وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ٱبْيَضَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ فَفِى رَحْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    But as for those whose faces will turn white, [they will be] within the mercy of Allah. They will abide therein eternally.

  • سُنَّةَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلَّتِى قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَن تَجِدَ لِسُنَّةِ ٱللَّهِ تَبْدِيلًا

    [This is] the established way of Allah which has occurred before. And never will you find in the way of Allah any change.

  • أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ يُبْدِئُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْخَلْقَ ثُمَّ يُعِيدُهُۥٓ إِنَّ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ يَسِيرٌ

    Have they not considered how Allah begins creation and then repeats it? Indeed that, for Allah, is easy.

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.

  • At-Tawba 9:223 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عِندَهُۥٓ أَجْرٌ عَظِيمٌ

    أ-ب-دخ-ل-دأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:652 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا لَّا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    أ-ب-دخ-ل-د

  • An-Nisaa 4:1683 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَظَلَمُوا۟ لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلَا لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ طَرِيقًا

    ط-ر-قك-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • An-Nisaa 4:1683 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَظَلَمُوا۟ لَمْ يَكُنِ ٱللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلَا لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ طَرِيقًا

    ط-ر-قك-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Jinn 72:233 shared roots

    إِلَّا بَلَٰغًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِسَٰلَٰتِهِۦ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا

    أ-ب-دخ-ل-دأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Jinn 72:112 shared roots

    وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًا

    ط-ر-قك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 4:169?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 4:169 include Quran 9:22 (Surah At-Tawba), Quran 31:9 (Surah Luqman), Quran 10:25 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 3:107 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 9:22 reads: “[They will be] abiding therein forever. Indeed, Allah has with Him a great reward.” 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 4:169 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 4:169 (Surah An-Nisaa, The Women) reads: “Except the path of Hell; they will abide therein forever. And that, for Allah, is [always] easy.”

Which surah is verse 4:169 in?

Quran 4:169 is āyah 169 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 4:169?

Tartīl presents Quran 4:169 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.