Surah Hud · Ayah 47·Makkī

47

إِنِّىٓ بِكَ أَنْ مَا لِى بِهِۦ وَإِلَّا لِى مِّنَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."

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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 · 10 roots in 10 of 19 words

Recitation · 19 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Iẓhār3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

19 words · 62 letters · āyah 47 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.

  • قَالَ وَمَن يَقْنَطُ مِن رَّحْمَةِ رَبِّهِۦٓ إِلَّا ٱلضَّآلُّونَ

    He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"

  • إِنِّىٓ إِذًا لَّفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    Indeed, I would then be in manifest error.

  • وَأَمَّا مَن جَآءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

    But as for he who came to you striving [for knowledge]

  • قَالَ سَـَٔاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِى مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَ

    [But] he said, "I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the water." [Noah] said, "There is no protector today from the decree of Allah, except for whom He gives…

  • كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    The people of Noah denied the messengers

  • قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَهَبْ لِى مُلْكًا لَّا يَنۢبَغِى لِأَحَدٍ مِّنۢ بَعْدِىٓ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْوَهَّابُ

    He said, "My Lord, forgive me and grant me a kingdom such as will not belong to anyone after me. Indeed, You are the Bestower."

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:47?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:47 include Quran 15:56 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 36:24 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 80:8 (Surah Abasa), and Quran 11:43 (Surah Hud). For example, 15:56 reads: “He said, "And who despairs of the mercy of his Lord except for those astray?"” 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 11:47 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:47 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “[Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."”

Which surah is verse 11:47 in?

Quran 11:47 is āyah 47 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:47?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:47 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.