Surah Al-Mu'minun 23:103-106   Chapters ↕   Word for Word ↕ Verses [Section]: 1-22[1], 23-32 [2], 33-50 [3], 51-77 [4], 78-92 [5], 93-118 [6] وَ مَنْBut (the one) whoseخَفَّتْ(are) lightمَوَازِیْنُهٗhis scalesفَاُولٰٓىِٕكَthen thoseالَّذِیْنَthey [who]خَسِرُوْۤاhave lostاَنْفُسَهُمْtheir soulsفِیْinجَهَنَّمَHellخٰلِدُوْنَۚthey (will) abide forever تَلْفَحُWill burnوُجُوْهَهُمُtheir facesالنَّارُthe Fireوَ هُمْand theyفِیْهَاin itكٰلِحُوْنَ (will) grin with displaced lips 23. Al-Mu'minun Page 349اَلَمْWere notتَكُنْWere notاٰیٰتِیْMy Versesتُتْلٰیrecitedعَلَیْكُمْto youفَكُنْتُمْand you used (to)بِهَاdeny themتُكَذِّبُوْنَ deny them قَالُوْاThey (will) sayرَبَّنَاOur Lord!غَلَبَتْOvercameعَلَیْنَا[on] usشِقْوَتُنَاour wretchednessوَ كُنَّاand we wereقَوْمًاa peopleضَآلِّیْنَ astray

Translation

(23:103) and those whose scales are light, those will be the ones who will have courted loss.⁹⁶ They will abide in Hell.

(23:104) The Fire shall scorch their faces, exposing their jaws.⁹⁷

(23:105) "Are you not those to whom My revelations were recited, and you dubbed them as lies?"

(23:106) They will say: "Our Lord! Our misfortune prevailed over us. We were indeed an erring people.

Commentary

96. These verses should be read in conjunction with the Qur’anic account of true prosperity and failure as outlined in the opening verses (1 ff.) and verses 51 ff. of the present surah.

97. The word used here is kalihun, signifying those whose face is so scorched that their skin is tattered and their teeth are protruding just as though they are the burnt head of a goat. Someone asked ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud the meaning of the root word k-l-h. To this he replied: ‘Have you not seen the burnt head of an animal?’