Surah Hud · Ayah 21·Makkī

21

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَنْهُم مَّا ﴿٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

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

Compare all 34 translations →

Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

خسارت بزرگ

مقصود از «اولئک الذین خسروا انفسهم» کسانی هستند که سرمایة وجود خود را از دست داده‌اند. انسان در حقیقت مالک هیچ چیزی جز وجود خودش نیست. اگر وجود خودش را - که تنها دارایی اوست - در معاملةٌ دنیا به چیزی بفروشد که هلاکت و نابودی او در آن است» بی‌شک در این معامله ضرر کرده و هر چه آن چیز بی‌ارزش‌تر باشد» ضرر این معامله بیشتر است و او زیانکارتر می‌شود.

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 5 of 9 words

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd muttaṣil7
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

9 words · 41 letters · āyah 21 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.

  • Quran 7:139 · Al-A'raafclose

    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."

  • Quran 6:24 · Al-An'aamclose

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    See how they will lie about themselves. And lost from them will be what they used to invent.

  • Quran 11:16 · Hudclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَيْسَ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ إِلَّا ٱلنَّارُ وَحَبِطَ مَا صَنَعُوا۟ فِيهَا وَبَٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    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.

  • Quran 41:48 · Fussilatclose

    وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَدْعُونَ مِن قَبْلُ وَظَنُّوا۟ مَا لَهُم مِّن مَّحِيصٍ

    And lost from them will be those they were invoking before, and they will be certain that they have no place of escape.

  • Quran 51:53 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ طَاغُونَ

    Did they suggest it to them? Rather, they [themselves] are a transgressing people.

  • Quran 7:9 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ

    And those whose scales are light - they are the ones who will lose themselves for what injustice they were doing toward Our verses.

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-A'raaf 7:1782 shared roots

    مَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِى وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰسِرُونَ

    خ-س-رض-ل-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:244 shared roots

    ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    ف-ر-يض-ل-لن-ف-سك-و-ن

  • An-Nahl 16:873 shared roots

    وَأَلْقَوْا۟ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلسَّلَمَ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    ف-ر-يض-ل-لك-و-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:535 shared roots

    هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا تَأْوِيلَهُۥ يَوْمَ يَأْتِى تَأْوِيلُهُۥ يَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ نَسُوهُ مِن قَبْلُ قَدْ جَآءَتْ رُسُلُ رَبِّنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ فَهَل لَّنَا مِن شُفَعَآءَ فَيَشْفَعُوا۟ لَنَآ أَوْ نُرَدُّ فَنَعْمَلَ غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ قَدْ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    ف-ر-يخ-س-رض-ل-لن-ف-سك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:1404 shared roots

    قَدْ خَسِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَتَلُوٓا۟ أَوْلَٰدَهُمْ سَفَهًۢا بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ وَحَرَّمُوا۟ مَا رَزَقَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱفْتِرَآءً عَلَى ٱللَّهِ قَدْ ضَلُّوا۟ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ

    ف-ر-يخ-س-رض-ل-لك-و-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:233 shared roots

    قَالَا رَبَّنَا ظَلَمْنَآ أَنفُسَنَا وَإِن لَّمْ تَغْفِرْ لَنَا وَتَرْحَمْنَا لَنَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    خ-س-رن-ف-سك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:21?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:21 include Quran 7:139 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 6:24 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 11:16 (Surah Hud), and Quran 41:48 (Surah Fussilat). 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 11:21 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:21 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.”

Which surah is verse 11:21 in?

Quran 11:21 is āyah 21 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 11:21?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 11:21 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:21?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:21 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.