Surah Hud · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ فِى إِلَّا مَا فِيهَا مَّا ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 16 words

Recitation · 23 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd muttaṣil15
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 65 letters · āyah 16 of 123

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.

  • إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    But the ones who disbelieved and denied Our verses - those are the companions of the Fire, abiding eternally therein; and wretched is the destination.

  • فَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ شَقُوا۟ فَفِى ٱلنَّارِ لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَشَهِيقٌ

    As for those who were [destined to be] wretched, they will be in the Fire. For them therein is [violent] exhaling and inhaling.

  • أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

  • أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ

    They are the ones whose deeds have become worthless in this world and the Hereafter, and for them there will be no helpers.

  • فَٱعْتَرَفُوا۟ بِذَنۢبِهِمْ فَسُحْقًا لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلسَّعِيرِ

    And they will admit their sin, so [it is] alienation for the companions of the Blaze.

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:223 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَمَا لَهُم مِّن نَّٰصِرِينَ

    ح-ب-طأ-خ-رع-م-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1474 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَلِقَآءِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ هَلْ يُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ح-ب-طأ-خ-رع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:883 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ هُدَى ٱللَّهِ يَهْدِى بِهِۦ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ وَلَوْ أَشْرَكُوا۟ لَحَبِطَ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ح-ب-طع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Muhammad 47:92 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَرِهُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأَحْبَطَ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

    ح-ب-طع-م-ل

  • At-Tawba 9:174 shared roots

    مَا كَانَ لِلْمُشْرِكِينَ أَن يَعْمُرُوا۟ مَسَٰجِدَ ٱللَّهِ شَٰهِدِينَ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِم بِٱلْكُفْرِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ حَبِطَتْ أَعْمَٰلُهُمْ وَفِى ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ خَٰلِدُونَ

    ح-ب-طن-و-رع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Az-Zumar 39:653 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ لَئِنْ أَشْرَكْتَ لَيَحْبَطَنَّ عَمَلُكَ وَلَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    ح-ب-طع-م-لك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:16 include Quran 7:139 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 64:10 (Surah At-Taghaabun), Quran 11:106 (Surah Hud), and Quran 11:21 (Surah Hud). For example, 7:139 reads: “Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."” 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 11:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:16 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “Those are the ones for whom there is not in the Hereafter but the Fire. And lost is what they did therein, and worthless is what they used to do.”

Which surah is verse 11:16 in?

Quran 11:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.