Quran 23:103 — Al-Muminoon, verse 103
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
but those whose balance is light will have lost their souls for ever and will stay in Hell-
وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ فَأُولَـٰئِكَ الَّذِينَ خَسِرُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ فِي جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدُونَ
waman khaffat mawāzīnuhu fa-ulāika alladhīna khasirū anfusahum fī jahannama khālidūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- and he whose scales are light -- they have lost their souls in Gehenna dwelling forever,
- Muhammad Asad
- whereas they whose weight is light in the balance - it is they who will have squandered their own selves, [destined] to abide in hell:
- Sahih International
- But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَنْwaman | But (the one) whose | — |
| 2 | خَفَّتْkhaffat | (are) light | خفف |
| 3 | مَوَٰزِينُهُۥmawāzīnuhu | his scales | وزن |
| 4 | فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَfa-ulāika | then those | — |
| 5 | ٱلَّذِينَalladhīna | they [who] | — |
| 6 | خَسِرُوٓا۟khasirū | have lost | خسر |
| 7 | أَنفُسَهُمْanfusahum | their souls | نفس |
| 8 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 9 | جَهَنَّمَjahannama | Hell | — |
| 10 | خَـٰلِدُونَkhālidūna | they (will) abide forever | خلد |