Surah Hud · Ayah 85·Makkī

85

وَلَا وَلَا فِى ﴿٨٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.

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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 · 11 roots in 11 of 14 words

Rarest here: ع-ث-و — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 19 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī11
  • Lām qamariyyah5
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

14 words · 73 letters · āyah 85 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 26:182 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ

    And weigh with an even balance.

  • Quran 26:183 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

    And do not deprive people of their due and do not commit abuse on earth, spreading corruption.

  • Quran 83:1 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    وَيْلٌ لِّلْمُطَفِّفِينَ

    Woe to those who give less [than due],

  • Quran 74:6 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    وَلَا تَمْنُن تَسْتَكْثِرُ

    And do not confer favor to acquire more

  • Quran 26:151 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَلَا تُطِيعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

    And do not obey the order of the transgressors,

  • Quran 17:26 · Al-Israaclose

    وَءَاتِ ذَا ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ حَقَّهُۥ وَٱلْمِسْكِينَ وَٱبْنَ ٱلسَّبِيلِ وَلَا تُبَذِّرْ تَبْذِيرًا

    And give the relative his right, and [also] the poor and the traveler, and do not spend wastefully.

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1835 shared roots

    وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

    ع-ث-وب-خ-سف-س-دأ-ن-سأ-ر-ض

  • Al-A'raaf 7:855 shared roots

    وَإِلَىٰ مَدْيَنَ أَخَاهُمْ شُعَيْبًا قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ فَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ وَٱلْمِيزَانَ وَلَا تَبْخَسُوا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ أَشْيَآءَهُمْ وَلَا تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بَعْدَ إِصْلَٰحِهَا ذَٰلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    ب-خ-سك-ي-لو-ز-نف-س-دو-ف-ي

  • Al-Mutaffifin 83:23 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ٱكْتَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ يَسْتَوْفُونَ

    ك-ي-لو-ف-يأ-ن-س

  • Al-Mutaffifin 83:32 shared roots

    وَإِذَا كَالُوهُمْ أَو وَّزَنُوهُمْ يُخْسِرُونَ

    ك-ي-لو-ز-ن

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:93 shared roots

    وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلْوَزْنَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ وَلَا تُخْسِرُوا۟ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

    و-ز-نق-س-طق-و-م

  • Al-Israa 17:354 shared roots

    وَأَوْفُوا۟ ٱلْكَيْلَ إِذَا كِلْتُمْ وَزِنُوا۟ بِٱلْقِسْطَاسِ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمِ ذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ وَأَحْسَنُ تَأْوِيلًا

    ك-ي-لو-ز-نو-ف-يق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:85?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:85 include Quran 26:182 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:183 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 83:1 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin), and Quran 74:6 (Surah Al-Muddaththir). For example, 26:182 reads: “And weigh with an even balance.” 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 11:85 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:85 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “And O my people, give full measure and weight in justice and do not deprive the people of their due and do not commit abuse on the earth, spreading corruption.”

Which surah is verse 11:85 in?

Quran 11:85 is āyah 85 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:85?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:85 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.