Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 11·Makkī

11

أَهُمْ أَم مَّنْ إِنَّا مِّن ﴿١١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created men from sticky clay.

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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 · 5 roots in 7 of 12 words

Rarest here: ل-ز-ب — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 17 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Ghunnah3
  • Qalqalah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 45 letters · āyah 11 of 182

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 52:35 · At-Turclose

    أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

    Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?

  • Quran 16:56 · An-Nahlclose

    وَيَجْعَلُونَ لِمَا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ نَصِيبًا مِّمَّا رَزَقْنَٰهُمْ تَٱللَّهِ لَتُسْـَٔلُنَّ عَمَّا كُنتُمْ تَفْتَرُونَ

    And they assign to what they do not know a portion of that which We have provided them. By Allah, you will surely be questioned about what you used to invent.

  • Quran 15:27 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَٱلْجَآنَّ خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ مِن نَّارِ ٱلسَّمُومِ

    And the jinn We created before from scorching fire.

  • Quran 76:28 · Al-Insaanclose

    نَّحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَآ أَسْرَهُمْ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَآ أَمْثَٰلَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا

    We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration.

  • Quran 17:50 · Al-Israaclose

    قُلْ كُونُوا۟ حِجَارَةً أَوْ حَدِيدًا

    Say, "Be you stones or iron

  • Quran 79:27 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    ءَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ خَلْقًا أَمِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بَنَىٰهَا

    Are you a more difficult creation or is the heaven? Allah constructed it.

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.

  • Saad 38:762 shared roots

    قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-ق

  • Saad 38:712 shared roots

    إِذْ قَالَ رَبُّكَ لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنِّى خَٰلِقٌۢ بَشَرًا مِّن طِينٍ

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Israa 17:612 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Muminoon 23:122 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن سُلَٰلَةٍ مِّن طِينٍ

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-ق

  • As-Sajda 32:72 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِىٓ أَحْسَنَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ وَبَدَأَ خَلْقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنِ مِن طِينٍ

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-ق

  • Al-A'raaf 7:122 shared roots

    قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَلَّا تَسْجُدَ إِذْ أَمَرْتُكَ قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    ط-ي-نخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:11?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:11 include Quran 52:35 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 16:56 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 15:27 (Surah Al-Hijr), and Quran 76:28 (Surah Al-Insaan). For example, 52:35 reads: “Or were they created by nothing, or were they the creators [of themselves]?” 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 37:11 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:11 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “Then inquire of them, [O Muhammad], "Are they a stronger [or more difficult] creation or those [others] We have created?" Indeed, We created men from sticky clay.”

Which surah is verse 37:11 in?

Quran 37:11 is āyah 11 of Surah As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks), chapter 37 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 182 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 37:11?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:11 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.