Surah Al-Hijr · Ayah 11·Makkī

11

وَمَا مِّن إِلَّا بِهِۦ ﴿١١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 4 roots in 4 of 8 words

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

8 words · 33 letters · āyah 11 of 99

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 36:30 · Yaseenvery close

    يَٰحَسْرَةً عَلَى ٱلْعِبَادِ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.

  • Quran 43:7 · Az-Zukhrufvery close

    وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    But there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.

  • Quran 21:41 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Quran 16:113 · An-Nahlclose

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.

  • Quran 11:38 · Hudclose

    وَيَصْنَعُ ٱلْفُلْكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيْهِ مَلَأٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِۦ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُ قَالَ إِن تَسْخَرُوا۟ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسْخَرُ مِنكُمْ كَمَا تَسْخَرُونَ

    And he constructed the ship, and whenever an assembly of the eminent of his people passed by him, they ridiculed him. He said, "If you ridicule us, then we will ridicule you just…

  • Quran 43:47 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَضْحَكُونَ

    But when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:73 shared roots

    وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ه-ز-أأ-ت-يك-و-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:63 shared roots

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ فَسَيَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ه-ز-أأ-ت-يك-و-ن

  • Yaseen 36:304 shared roots

    يَٰحَسْرَةً عَلَى ٱلْعِبَادِ مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ه-ز-أر-س-لأ-ت-يك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:53 shared roots

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ه-ز-أأ-ت-يك-و-ن

  • Al-Kahf 18:1062 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ ءَايَٰتِى وَرُسُلِى هُزُوًا

    ه-ز-أر-س-ل

  • Al-Furqaan 25:412 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا

    ه-ز-أر-س-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 15:11?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 15:11 include Quran 36:30 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 43:7 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 21:41 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 16:113 (Surah An-Nahl). For example, 36:30 reads: “How regretful for the servants. There did not come to them any messenger except that they used to ridicule him.” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 15:11 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 15:11 (Surah Al-Hijr, The Rock) reads: “And no messenger would come to them except that they ridiculed him.”

Which surah is verse 15:11 in?

Quran 15:11 is āyah 11 of Surah Al-Hijr (The Rock), chapter 15 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 99 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 15:11?

Tartīl presents Quran 15:11 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.