Surah Yusuf · Ayah 103·Makkī

103

وَمَآ وَلَوْ ﴿١٠٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And most of the people, although you strive [for it], are not believers.

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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 6 words

Rarest here: ح-ر-ص — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 26 letters · āyah 103 of 111

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 26:190 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

  • Quran 26:3 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    لَعَلَّكَ بَٰخِعٌ نَّفْسَكَ أَلَّا يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    Perhaps, [O Muhammad], you would kill yourself with grief that they will not be believers.

  • Quran 2:6 · Al-Baqaraclose

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَأَنذَرْتَهُمْ أَمْ لَمْ تُنذِرْهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Indeed, those who disbelieve - it is all the same for them whether you warn them or do not warn them - they will not believe.

  • Quran 8:59 · Al-Anfaalclose

    وَلَا يَحْسَبَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ سَبَقُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُمْ لَا يُعْجِزُونَ

    And let not those who disbelieve think they will escape. Indeed, they will not cause failure [to Allah].

  • Quran 25:50 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَلَقَدْ صَرَّفْنَٰهُ بَيْنَهُمْ لِيَذَّكَّرُوا۟ فَأَبَىٰٓ أَكْثَرُ ٱلنَّاسِ إِلَّا كُفُورًا

    And We have certainly distributed it among them that they might be reminded, but most of the people refuse except disbelief.

  • Quran 29:2 · Al-Ankabootclose

    أَحَسِبَ ٱلنَّاسُ أَن يُتْرَكُوٓا۟ أَن يَقُولُوٓا۟ ءَامَنَّا وَهُمْ لَا يُفْتَنُونَ

    Do the people think that they will be left to say, "We believe" and they will not be tried?

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 9:1282 shared roots

    لَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ أَنفُسِكُمْ عَزِيزٌ عَلَيْهِ مَا عَنِتُّمْ حَرِيصٌ عَلَيْكُم بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    ح-ر-صأ-م-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1902 shared roots

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ك-ث-رأ-م-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1742 shared roots

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ك-ث-رأ-م-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1212 shared roots

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ك-ث-رأ-م-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1032 shared roots

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ك-ث-رأ-م-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:672 shared roots

    إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ك-ث-رأ-م-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 12:103?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 12:103 include Quran 26:190 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:3 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 2:6 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 8:59 (Surah Al-Anfaal). For example, 26:190 reads: “Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.” 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 12:103 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 12:103 (Surah Yusuf, Joseph) reads: “And most of the people, although you strive [for it], are not believers.”

Which surah is verse 12:103 in?

Quran 12:103 is āyah 103 of Surah Yusuf (Joseph), chapter 12 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 111 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 12:103?

Tartīl presents Quran 12:103 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.