Surah Al-Mu'minun — Verse 103

The Believers · 23:103 · 103/118

وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فِى جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدُونَ

Waman khaffat mawazeenuhu faola-ikaallatheena khasiroo anfusahum fee jahannama khalidoon

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

But those whose scales are light - those are the ones who have lost their souls, [being] in Hell, abiding eternally.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

but those whose balance is light will have lost their souls for ever and will stay in Hell-

Marmaduke Pickthall

And those whose scales are light are those who lose their souls, in hell abiding.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

But those whose balance is light, will be those who have lost their souls, in Hell will they abide.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

and the one whose scales turn out to be light, then such people are the ones who harmed their own selves; in Jahannam (Hell) they are to remain for ever.

Al-Hilali & Khan

And those whose scales (of good deeds) are light, they are those who lose their ownselves, in Hell will they abide.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

and those whose scales are light, those will be the ones who will have courted loss. They will abide in Hell.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

whereas they whose weight is light in the balance - it is they who will have squandered their own selves, [destined] to abide in hell: