Surah 23
Al-Muminoon
The Believers
المؤمنون
Editorial study · not independently reviewed.
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Name and conventional translation
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Arabic name
المؤمنون
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Transliteration
Al-Muminoon
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English name
The Believers
Source fact as Tanzil metadata gives it; Tanzil names no translator for it
Verse count and position
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Verses
118
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Words
1050
Derived link whitespace-separated tokens of the Uthmani text, the rule the morphology layer uses
Position in the mushaf order
23 of 114
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Position in a revelation ordering
74 of 114
Revelation order as encoded by the Tanzil metadata · Tanzil publishes an "order" value for each surah and documents the field only as "revelation order". It does not name which ordering it encodes, cite a scholar, or reference an edition. We have therefore not established whose ordering this is, and we do not name one. The major orderings disagree about dozens of surahs, so naming the likeliest candidate would be a guess presented as a citation.
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Place of revelation, as Tanzil classifies it
Meccan
Source fact Tanzil's classification, carried without a named authority
Juzʾ
Within juzʾ 18
Source fact juzʾ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record
Opening formula (basmala) in this edition
stands before verse 1 and is not numbered
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What the surah says of itself
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Major movements and sections
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Rukūʿ divisions
| Rukūʿ | Verses | Opens |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23:1-22 | قَدْ أَفْلَحَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ |
| 2 | 23:23-32 | وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ … |
| 3 | 23:33-50 | وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِهِ … |
| 4 | 23:51-77 | يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلرُّسُلُ كُلُوا۟ مِنَ … |
| 5 | 23:78-92 | وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَ لَكُمُ … |
| 6 | 23:93-118 | قُل رَّبِّ إِمَّا تُرِيَنِّى … |
Source fact rukūʿ start verses from the banked Tanzil metadata file, digest-checked against its source record; each runs to the verse before the next; opening words are the first 4 words of its first verse
Repeated words and themes
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Verses repeated word for word
Derived link verses of this surah whose Uthmani text is byte-identical to another verse of it
Phrases repeated word for word
| Times | Words | Phrase | Verses |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ قُلْ | 85, 87, 89 |
Derived link runs of at least 3 consecutive words, inside one verse, occurring at least 3 times in this surah, kept only where no longer run has the same occurrences; a run that is only ever a whole repeated verse is listed above instead
Roots carried by the most words
1050 words348 with one root, counted91 conflicting roots187 no root recorded424 not analysed
| Root | Words, at least | Verses | Forms in this surah |
|---|---|---|---|
| ق.و.ل | 21 | 18 | قَالَ قُلْ سَيَقُولُونَ فَقَالَ قَٰلَ يَقُولُونَ وَقَالَ |
| ث.م.م | 9 | 8 | ثُمَّ |
| خ.ل.ق | 9 | 5 | خَلَقْنَا فَخَلَقْنَا خَلَقَ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ خَلْقًا ٱلْخَٰلِقِينَ |
| ر.س.ل | 7 | 5 | أَرْسَلْنَا رَسُولًا رُسُلَنَا فَأَرْسَلْنَا ٱلرُّسُلُ |
| ع.ل.م | 6 | 6 | تَعْلَمُونَ أَعْلَمُ عَلِيمٌ عَٰلِمِ |
| أ.م.ن | 5 | 5 | يُؤْمِنُونَ أَنُؤْمِنُ بِمُؤْمِنِينَ |
| أ.ن.ن | 5 | 5 | أَنَّكُمْ أَنَّهُمْ وَأَنَّكُمْ |
| ج.ع.ل | 5 | 5 | تَجْعَلْنِى جَعَلْنَٰهُ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَا وَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ |
| ظ.ل.م | 5 | 5 | ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ظَٰلِمُونَ يُظْلَمُونَ |
| ك.ل.ل | 5 | 5 | كُلُّ كُلٍّ كُلَّ كُلِّ |
| و.ع.د | 5 | 5 | أَيَعِدُكُمْ تُوعَدُونَ نَعِدُهُمْ وُعِدْنَا يُوعَدُونَ |
| خ.ي.ر | 5 | 4 | خَيْرُ خَيْرٌ |
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| ي.و.م | 5 | 4 | يَوْمًا يَوْمٍ يَوْمَ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوْمِ |
| ب.ش.ر | 4 | 4 | بَشَرٌ بَشَرًا لِبَشَرَيْنِ |
| ب.ع.ث | 4 | 4 | بِمَبْعُوثِينَ تُبْعَثُونَ لَمَبْعُوثُونَ يُبْعَثُونَ |
| ق.و.م | 4 | 4 | قَوْمًا قَوْمِهِ وَقَوْمُهُمَا |
| ك.ذ.ب | 4 | 4 | تُكَذِّبُونَ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا كَذَّبُوهُ لَكَٰذِبُونَ |
| أ.ك.ل | 4 | 3 | تَأْكُلُونَ يَأْكُلُ |
| ب.ع.ض | 4 | 3 | بَعْضًا بَعْضٍ بَعْضَ بَعْضَهُم |
| ع.م.ل | 4 | 3 | أَعْمَلُ أَعْمَٰلٌ تَعْمَلُونَ عَٰمِلُونَ |
| أ.م.م | 3 | 3 | أُمَّةً أُمَّةٍ |
| ب.ع.د | 3 | 3 | فَبُعْدًا بَعْدَ |
| ر.ب.ب | 3 | 3 | رَبَّنَا رَبِّكَ رَبِّهِم |
| ر.ب.و | 3 | 3 | رَبِّهِمْ رَبْوَةٍ |
| س.ب.ق | 3 | 3 | تَسْبِقُ سَبَقَ سَٰبِقُونَ |
| ع.ظ.م | 3 | 3 | وَعِظَٰمًا عِظَٰمًا |
| ع.ل.و | 3 | 3 | عَالِينَ فَتَعَٰلَى وَلَعَلَا |
| ق.ل.ل | 3 | 3 | قَلِيلًا قَلِيلٍ |
| ك.و.ن | 3 | 3 | كَانَ كَانَتْ |
| و.أ.ل | 3 | 3 | ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ |
| و.ق.ي | 3 | 3 | تَتَّقُونَ |
| و.ه.م | 3 | 3 | وَهُمْ |
| خ.ر.ج | 3 | 2 | تَخْرُجُ خَرْجًا فَخَرَاجُ |
| ق.د.ر | 3 | 2 | لَقَٰدِرُونَ بِقَدَرٍ |
| أ.و.ن | 2 | 2 | إِنَّكُمْ |
| ت.ر.ب | 2 | 2 | تُرَابًا |
| ت.ر.ف | 2 | 2 | مُتْرَفِيهِم وَأَتْرَفْنَٰهُمْ |
| ج.ن.ن | 2 | 2 | جَنَّٰتٍ جِنَّةٌ |
| ح.س.ن | 2 | 2 | أَحْسَنُ |
| ح.ف.ظ | 2 | 2 | حَٰفِظُونَ يُحَافِظُونَ |
| ح.ي.ن | 2 | 2 | حِينٍ |
| خ.ل.د | 2 | 2 | خَٰلِدُونَ |
| د.ع.و | 2 | 2 | لَتَدْعُوهُمْ يَدْعُ |
| ذ.ك.ر | 2 | 2 | ذِكْرِهِم ذِكْرِى |
| ذ.و.ي | 2 | 2 | ذَا ذَاتِ |
| ر.ج.ع | 2 | 2 | تُرْجَعُونَ رَٰجِعُونَ |
| س.ب.ع | 2 | 2 | سَبْعَ ٱلسَّبْعِ |
| س.ر.ع | 2 | 2 | نُسَارِعُ يُسَٰرِعُونَ |
| س.م.ع | 2 | 2 | سَمِعْنَا ٱلسَّمْعَ |
| س.م.و | 2 | 2 | ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ |
| ش.ر.ك | 2 | 2 | يُشْرِكُونَ |
| ص.ر.ط | 2 | 2 | صِرَٰطٍ ٱلصِّرَٰطِ |
| ص.ل.ح | 2 | 2 | صَٰلِحًا |
| ع.ب.د | 2 | 2 | عَٰبِدُونَ عِبَادِى |
| ع.و.ذ | 2 | 2 | أَعُوذُ وَأَعُوذُ |
| ع.ي.ن | 2 | 2 | بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَمَعِينٍ |
| غ.م.ر | 2 | 2 | غَمْرَةٍ غَمْرَتِهِمْ |
| ف.ل.ح | 2 | 2 | أَفْلَحَ يُفْلِحُ |
| ف.ه.م | 2 | 2 | فَهُمْ |
| ق.ر.ر | 2 | 2 | قَرَارٍ |
| ق.ر.ن | 2 | 2 | قَرْنًا قُرُونًا |
| ك.ث.ر | 2 | 2 | كَثِيرَةٌ |
| ل.ب.ث | 2 | 2 | لَبِثْتُمْ لَبِثْنَا |
| ل.ه.م | 2 | 2 | لَهُمْ وَلَهُمْ |
| م.ث.ل | 2 | 2 | مِثْلَ مِثْلِنَا |
| م.ل.ك | 2 | 2 | مَلَكَتْ مَلَكُوتُ |
| م.و.ت | 2 | 2 | نَمُوتُ وَيُمِيتُ |
| ن.ط.ف | 2 | 2 | نُطْفَةً ٱلنُّطْفَةَ |
| ن.ف.س | 2 | 2 | أَنفُسَهُمْ نَفْسًا |
| و.ص.ف | 2 | 2 | يَصِفُونَ |
| و.ن.ي | 2 | 2 | أَنِ |
| ش.ر.ب | 2 | 1 | تَشْرَبُونَ وَيَشْرَبُ |
| ل.ك.م | 2 | 1 | لَكُمْ وَلَكُمْ |
Derived link a word counts toward a root only where every analysis Camel Morph kept for it names that one root and no analysis records none; words with no analysis, no root or conflicting roots are not counted anywhere. Roots on at least 2 words.
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Words the analyser did not read
424 of this surah's 1050 words have no analysis, and a further 278 have no single root, so the root counts are minimums. Camel Morph MSA is a Modern Standard Arabic analyser meeting Qur'anic Arabic.
People and events named
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Common claims the text does not itself establish
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Provisional stand-in: studies tagged a common misconception that cite this surah
Derived link every current study that carries the common-misconception tag and cites a verse of this surah. That tag is a discovery aid, not a mark that the text does not establish the claim — that mark does not exist yet — so this list is provisional and not a complete account of the claims the text does not establish. The question is quoted; the answer is on the study.
Links to related topical studies
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Current studies citing a verse of this surah
25 current studies
Resurrection, judgment, paradise & hell4
- What does the Qur'an say about the highest garden (al-Firdaws)?23:11
- What does the Qur'an say about the resurrection of the body?23:82-83
- What does the Qur'an say about the state between death and resurrection (barzakh)?23:99-100
- What does the Qur'an say about the scale that weighs deeds (mizan)?23:102-103
Science claims4
Character & relationships3
Death & dying3
The Qur'an about itself2
Angels, jinn & Satan1
Marriage, divorce & inheritance1
Mental wellbeing & hardship1
Muhammad in the Qur'an1
Nature & environmental responsibility1
Other faiths & interreligious relations1
Repentance & spiritual development1
Women, men & gender1
Derived link every study whose current signature cites at least one verse of this surah, grouped by its /studies theme (largest first, ties by name, no theme last) and ordered by first verse cited. A citation is not a statement that the study is about this surah.
Source and review status
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Sources this page draws on
| Source | Licence | Attribution notice |
|---|---|---|
| Tanzil Qur'an text (Uthmani) Uthmani, Version 1.1 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 | Qur'anic text from the Tanzil Project. Copyright (C) 2007-2026 Tanzil Project License: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Source: tanzil.net · Updates: tanzil.net/updates/ https://tanzil.net/updates/ |
| Tanzil Qur'an metadata quran-data.xml v1.0 · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution — version not specified by the source | Surah metadata from Tanzil Qur'an metadata (quran-data.xml, version 1.0), Tanzil Project, tanzil.net. (C) 2008-2009 Tanzil.info. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution; the source does not state a version. Values are reproduced unchanged; this site selects and arranges them, and derives verse ranges from the division start points. https://tanzil.net/res/text/metadata/quran-data.xml |
| Camel Morph MSA v1.0, LREC-COLING 2024 release · cleared | Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International | Morphological analyses from Camel Morph MSA (LREC-COLING 2024 release) by Christian Khairallah, Salam Khalifa, Reham Marzouk, Mayar Mohamadein Nassar and Nizar Habash, CAMeL Lab, New York University Abu Dhabi (Khairallah et al., 2024), https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. Modified: this site runs the analyser over its Qur'anic text, keeps only analyses whose vocalisation matches the text, removes duplicates and counts the result. https://github.com/CAMeL-Lab/camel_morph |
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Verse restatements signed for this surah
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Signed introduction to this surah
One hundred and eighteen verses that open by naming what makes believers successful and close on the moment a man asks to be sent back and is refused. Between them: the stages by which a human being is made from clay, and Noah, Moses and Aaron sent to peoples who each say the same thing to their messenger.
AALAMIN Editor · signed 2026-08-29 · Editorial
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