Surah Ibrahim · Ayah 11·Makkī

11

لَهُمْ إِن نَّحْنُ إِلَّا وَلَٰكِنَّ عَلَىٰ مَن مِنْ وَمَا لَنَآ أَن إِلَّا وَعَلَى ﴿١١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Their messengers said to them, "We are only men like you, but Allah confers favor upon whom He wills of His servants. It has never been for us to bring you evidence except by permission of Allah. And upon Allah let the believers rely.

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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 · 14 roots in 16 of 29 words

Recitation · 35 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī11
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)6
  • Ghunnah5
  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Heavy Allāh3

Commentary

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

Shape

29 words · 111 letters · 3 proper nouns · āyah 11 of 52

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.

  • فَأَرْسَلْنَا فِيهِمْ رَسُولًا مِّنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥٓ أَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

    And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"

  • ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُۥ كَانَت تَّأْتِيهِمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَقَالُوٓا۟ أَبَشَرٌ يَهْدُونَنَا فَكَفَرُوا۟ وَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّٱسْتَغْنَى ٱللَّهُ وَٱللَّهُ غَنِىٌّ حَمِيدٌ

    That is because their messengers used to come to them with clear evidences, but they said, "Shall human beings guide us?" and disbelieved and turned away. And Allah dispensed…

  • وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا لِيُطَاعَ بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذ ظَّلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ جَآءُوكَ فَٱسْتَغْفَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ ٱلرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَّحِيمًا

    And We did not send any messenger except to be obeyed by permission of Allah. And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muhammad], and asked forgiveness of…

  • وَلَهَدَيْنَٰهُمْ صِرَٰطًا مُّسْتَقِيمًا

    And We would have guided them to a straight path.

  • وَمَآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ مِنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَوْجَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَلِّطُ رُسُلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    And what Allah restored [of property] to His Messenger from them - you did not spur for it [in an expedition] any horses or camels, but Allah gives His messengers power over whom…

  • فَقَالُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ تَوَكَّلْنَا رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    So they said, "Upon Allah do we rely. Our Lord, make us not [objects of] trial for the wrongdoing people

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 14:11?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 14:11 include Quran 23:32 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 64:6 (Surah At-Taghaabun), Quran 4:64 (Surah An-Nisaa), and Quran 4:68 (Surah An-Nisaa). For example, 23:32 reads: “And We sent among them a messenger from themselves, [saying], "Worship Allah; you have no deity other than Him; then will you not fear Him?"” 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 14:11 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 14:11 (Surah Ibrahim, Abraham) reads: “Their messengers said to them, "We are only men like you, but Allah confers favor upon whom He wills of His servants. It has never been for us to bring you evidence except by permission of Allah. And upon Allah let the believers rely.”

Which surah is verse 14:11 in?

Quran 14:11 is āyah 11 of Surah Ibrahim (Abraham), chapter 14 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 52 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 14:11?

Tartīl presents Quran 14:11 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.