Surah Hud · Ayah 72·Makkī

72

يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ وَأَنَا۠ وَهَٰذَا إِنَّ هَٰذَا ﴿٧٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

She said, "Woe to me! Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 12 words

Rarest here: ش-ي-خ — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 47 letters · āyah 72 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 51:29 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    فَأَقْبَلَتِ ٱمْرَأَتُهُۥ فِى صَرَّةٍ فَصَكَّتْ وَجْهَهَا وَقَالَتْ عَجُوزٌ عَقِيمٌ

    And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"

  • Quran 19:8 · Maryamclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا وَقَدْ بَلَغْتُ مِنَ ٱلْكِبَرِ عِتِيًّا

    He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when my wife has been barren and I have reached extreme old age?"

  • Quran 19:20 · Maryamclose

    قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَلَمْ يَمْسَسْنِى بَشَرٌ وَلَمْ أَكُ بَغِيًّا

    She said, "How can I have a boy while no man has touched me and I have not been unchaste?"

  • Quran 19:23 · Maryamrelated

    فَأَجَآءَهَا ٱلْمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذْعِ ٱلنَّخْلَةِ قَالَتْ يَٰلَيْتَنِى مِتُّ قَبْلَ هَٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسْيًا مَّنسِيًّا

    And the pains of childbirth drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She said, "Oh, I wish I had died before this and was in oblivion, forgotten."

  • Quran 19:5 · Maryamrelated

    وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَتِ ٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرًا فَهَبْ لِى مِن لَّدُنكَ وَلِيًّا

    And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir

  • Quran 27:32 · An-Namlrelated

    قَالَتْ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلَؤُا۟ أَفْتُونِى فِىٓ أَمْرِى مَا كُنتُ قَاطِعَةً أَمْرًا حَتَّىٰ تَشْهَدُونِ

    She said, "O eminent ones, advise me in my affair. I would not decide a matter until you witness [for] me."

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.

  • Hud 11:333 shared roots

    قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    ع-ج-زش-ي-أق-و-ل

  • Hud 11:333 shared roots

    قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأْتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    ع-ج-زش-ي-أق-و-ل

  • Qaaf 50:23 shared roots

    بَلْ عَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا شَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

    ع-ج-بش-ي-أق-و-ل

  • Saad 38:52 shared roots

    أَجَعَلَ ٱلْـَٔالِهَةَ إِلَٰهًا وَٰحِدًا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عُجَابٌ

    ع-ج-بش-ي-أ

  • Yusuf 12:782 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلْعَزِيزُ إِنَّ لَهُۥٓ أَبًا شَيْخًا كَبِيرًا فَخُذْ أَحَدَنَا مَكَانَهُۥٓ إِنَّا نَرَىٰكَ مِنَ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    ش-ي-خق-و-ل

  • Yunus 10:532 shared roots

    وَيَسْتَنۢبِـُٔونَكَ أَحَقٌّ هُوَ قُلْ إِى وَرَبِّىٓ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    ع-ج-زق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:72?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:72 include Quran 51:29 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 19:8 (Surah Maryam), Quran 19:20 (Surah Maryam), and Quran 19:23 (Surah Maryam). For example, 51:29 reads: “And his wife approached with a cry [of alarm] and struck her face and said, "[I am] a barren old woman!"” 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 11:72 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:72 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “She said, "Woe to me! Shall I give birth while I am an old woman and this, my husband, is an old man? Indeed, this is an amazing thing!"”

Which surah is verse 11:72 in?

Quran 11:72 is āyah 72 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:72?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:72 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.