Surah An-Naazi'aat · Ayah 11·Makkī

11

أَءِذَا ﴿١١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Even if we should be decayed bones?

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Rarest here: ن-خ-ر used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ghunnah2
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 15 letters · āyah 11 of 46

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.

  • وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

    And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"

  • ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

    That is their recompense because they disbelieved in Our verses and said, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected [in] a new creation?"

  • قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

    They said, "When we have died and become dust and bones, are we indeed to be resurrected?

  • أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

    That when we have died and become dust and bones, we will indeed be recompensed?'"

  • وَإِن كُلٌّ لَّمَّا جَمِيعٌ لَّدَيْنَا مُحْضَرُونَ

    And indeed, all of them will yet be brought present before Us.

  • ثُمَّ إِنَّ عَلَيْنَا حِسَابَهُم

    Then indeed, upon Us is their account.

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.

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:332 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ لَا يُؤْمِنُ بِٱللَّهِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

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  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1892 shared roots

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

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  • As-Saaffaat 37:532 shared roots

    أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَدِينُونَ

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  • As-Saaffaat 37:162 shared roots

    أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

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  • Al-Waaqia 56:472 shared roots

    وَكَانُوا۟ يَقُولُونَ أَئِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

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  • Al-Muminoon 23:822 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا وَعِظَٰمًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 79:11?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 79:11 include Quran 17:49 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 17:98 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 23:82 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 37:53 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 17:49 reads: “And they say, "When we are bones and crumbled particles, will we [truly] be resurrected as a new creation?"” 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 79:11 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 79:11 (Surah An-Naazi'aat, Those who drag forth) reads: “Even if we should be decayed bones?”

Which surah is verse 79:11 in?

Quran 79:11 is āyah 11 of Surah An-Naazi'aat (Those who drag forth), chapter 79 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 46 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 79:11?

Tartīl presents Quran 79:11 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.