Surah Hud · Ayah 97·Makkī

97

إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَآ فِرْعَوْنَ ﴿٩٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.

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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 · 4 roots in 5 of 10 words

Recitation · 8 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Heavy rāʾ3

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 45 letters · 3 proper nouns · āyah 97 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.

  • إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِۦ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ وَكَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا عَالِينَ

    To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.

  • فَمَآ ءَامَنَ لِمُوسَىٰٓ إِلَّا ذُرِّيَّةٌ مِّن قَوْمِهِۦ عَلَىٰ خَوْفٍ مِّن فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَإِي۟هِمْ أَن يَفْتِنَهُمْ وَإِنَّ فِرْعَوْنَ لَعَالٍ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُسْرِفِينَ

    But no one believed Moses, except [some] youths among his people, for fear of Pharaoh and his establishment that they would persecute them. And indeed, Pharaoh was haughty within…

  • وَفِى مُوسَىٰٓ إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ فِرْعَوْنَ بِسُلْطَٰنٍ مُّبِينٍ

    And in Moses [was a sign], when We sent him to Pharaoh with clear authority.

  • فَتَوَلَّىٰ فِرْعَوْنُ فَجَمَعَ كَيْدَهُۥ ثُمَّ أَتَىٰ

    So Pharaoh went away, put together his plan, and then came [to Moses].

  • وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

  • وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَٰتُ بِٱلْخَاطِئَةِ

    And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

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-Kahf 18:662 shared roots

    قَالَ لَهُۥ مُوسَىٰ هَلْ أَتَّبِعُكَ عَلَىٰٓ أَن تُعَلِّمَنِ مِمَّا عُلِّمْتَ رُشْدًا

    ر-ش-دت-ب-ع

  • Saad 38:852 shared roots

    لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    م-ل-أت-ب-ع

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:382 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِىٓ ءَامَنَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱتَّبِعُونِ أَهْدِكُمْ سَبِيلَ ٱلرَّشَادِ

    ر-ش-دت-ب-ع

  • Al-A'raaf 7:902 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ

    م-ل-أت-ب-ع

  • Taa-Haa 20:932 shared roots

    أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِى

    ت-ب-عأ-م-ر

  • An-Naml 27:322 shared roots

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

    م-ل-أأ-م-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:97?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:97 include Quran 23:46 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 10:83 (Surah Yunus), Quran 51:38 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), and Quran 20:60 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 23:46 reads: “To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they were arrogant and were a haughty people.” 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 11:97 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:97 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “To Pharaoh and his establishment, but they followed the command of Pharaoh, and the command of Pharaoh was not [at all] discerning.”

Which surah is verse 11:97 in?

Quran 11:97 is āyah 97 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:97?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:97 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.