Surah An-Naba · Ayah 11·Makkī

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Translation

Saheeh International

And made the day for livelihood

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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 3 words

Rarest here: ع-ي-ش — 8× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 17 letters · āyah 11 of 40

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 23:17 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا فَوْقَكُمْ سَبْعَ طَرَآئِقَ وَمَا كُنَّا عَنِ ٱلْخَلْقِ غَٰفِلِينَ

    And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.

  • Quran 17:12 · Al-Israaclose

    وَجَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ ءَايَتَيْنِ فَمَحَوْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَجَعَلْنَآ ءَايَةَ ٱلنَّهَارِ مُبْصِرَةً لِّتَبْتَغُوا۟ فَضْلًا مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلِتَعْلَمُوا۟ عَدَدَ ٱلسِّنِينَ وَٱلْحِسَابَ وَكُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَصَّلْنَٰهُ تَفْصِيلًا

    And We have made the night and day two signs, and We erased the sign of the night and made the sign of the day visible that you may seek bounty from your Lord and may know the…

  • Quran 25:47 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًا

    And it is He who has made the night for you as clothing and sleep [a means for] rest and has made the day a resurrection.

  • Quran 91:5 · Ash-Shamsclose

    وَٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا بَنَىٰهَا

    And [by] the sky and He who constructed it

  • Quran 73:1 · Al-Muzzammilclose

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمُزَّمِّلُ

    O you who wraps himself [in clothing],

  • Quran 2:22 · Al-Baqaraclose

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not…

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-Hijr 15:202 shared roots

    وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ وَمَن لَّسْتُمْ لَهُۥ بِرَٰزِقِينَ

    ع-ي-شج-ع-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:102 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ مَكَّنَّٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَعَلْنَا لَكُمْ فِيهَا مَعَٰيِشَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَشْكُرُونَ

    ع-ي-شج-ع-ل

  • Nooh 71:122 shared roots

    وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًا

    ن-ه-رج-ع-ل

  • Yunus 10:672 shared roots

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِتَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يَسْمَعُونَ

    ن-ه-رج-ع-ل

  • An-Naml 27:862 shared roots

    أَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا ٱلَّيْلَ لِيَسْكُنُوا۟ فِيهِ وَٱلنَّهَارَ مُبْصِرًا إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّقَوْمٍ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ن-ه-رج-ع-ل

  • Al-Furqaan 25:622 shared roots

    وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ خِلْفَةً لِّمَنْ أَرَادَ أَن يَذَّكَّرَ أَوْ أَرَادَ شُكُورًا

    ن-ه-رج-ع-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 78:11?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 78:11 include Quran 23:17 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 17:12 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 25:47 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 91:5 (Surah Ash-Shams). For example, 23:17 reads: “And We have created above you seven layered heavens, and never have We been of [Our] creation unaware.” 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 78:11 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 78:11 (Surah An-Naba, The Announcement) reads: “And made the day for livelihood”

Which surah is verse 78:11 in?

Quran 78:11 is āyah 11 of Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), chapter 78 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 40 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 78:11?

Tartīl presents Quran 78:11 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.