Companions of the right
Verses mentioning the companions of the right and the companions of the left, describing their status in the hereafter.
- 8
- verses
- 8
- Meccan
- 0
- Medinan
- 0.97
- cohesion
Cohesion is how alike these verses are to the group’s centre, from 0 to 1. This is extremely high: these verses are near-identical to one another, which usually means a refrain.
The verses
Closest to the group’s centre first.
فَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Then the companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْيَمِينِ
The companions of the right - what are the companions of the right?
إِلَّآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْيَمِينِ
Except the companions of the right,
أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَيْمَنَةِ
Those are the companions of the right.
وَأَمَّآ إِن كَانَ مِنْ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
And if he was of the companions of the right,
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْمَشْـَٔمَةِ
And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
وَأَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ مَآ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلشِّمَالِ
And the companions of the left - what are the companions of the left?
لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ
For the companions of the right [who are]
Where it falls
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How it sounds
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how strongly mercy sounds
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