Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 111·Makkī

111

وَقَدْ مَنْ ﴿١١١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. And he will have failed who carries injustice.

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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 9 words

Rarest here: ع-ن-و — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār2

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 35 letters · āyah 111 of 135

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 39:40 · Az-Zumarvery close

    مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    To whom will come a torment disgracing him and on whom will descend an enduring punishment."

  • Quran 39:24 · Az-Zumarclose

    أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِۦ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

    Then is he who will shield with his face the worst of the punishment on the Day of Resurrection [like one secure from it]? And it will be said to the wrongdoers, "Taste what you…

  • Quran 11:105 · Hudclose

    يَوْمَ يَأْتِ لَا تَكَلَّمُ نَفْسٌ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦ فَمِنْهُمْ شَقِىٌّ وَسَعِيدٌ

    The Day it comes no soul will speak except by His permission. And among them will be the wretched and the prosperous.

  • Quran 42:45 · Ash-Shuraclose

    وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَٰشِعِينَ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ يَنظُرُونَ مِن طَرْفٍ خَفِىٍّ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِى عَذَابٍ مُّقِيمٍ

    And you will see them being exposed to the Fire, humbled from humiliation, looking from [behind] a covert glance. And those who had believed will say, "Indeed, the [true] losers…

  • Quran 79:36 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    وَبُرِّزَتِ ٱلْجَحِيمُ لِمَن يَرَىٰ

    And Hellfire will be exposed for [all] those who see -

  • Quran 100:6 · Al-Aadiyaatclose

    إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لِرَبِّهِۦ لَكَنُودٌ

    Indeed mankind, to his Lord, is ungrateful.

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:22 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْحَىُّ ٱلْقَيُّومُ

    ح-ي-يق-و-م

  • Taa-Haa 20:1012 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهِ وَسَآءَ لَهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ حِمْلًا

    ح-م-لق-و-م

  • Maryam 19:272 shared roots

    فَأَتَتْ بِهِۦ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُۥ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْـًٔا فَرِيًّا

    ح-م-لق-و-م

  • Az-Zumar 39:243 shared roots

    أَفَمَن يَتَّقِى بِوَجْهِهِۦ سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وَقِيلَ لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

    و-ج-هظ-ل-مق-و-م

  • Taa-Haa 20:1002 shared roots

    مَّنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْهُ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَحْمِلُ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ وِزْرًا

    ح-م-لق-و-م

  • Al-Muminoon 23:942 shared roots

    رَبِّ فَلَا تَجْعَلْنِى فِى ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مق-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:111?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:111 include Quran 39:40 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 39:24 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 11:105 (Surah Hud), and Quran 42:45 (Surah Ash-Shura). For example, 39:40 reads: “To whom will come a torment disgracing him and on whom will descend an enduring punishment."” 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 20:111 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:111 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. And he will have failed who carries injustice.”

Which surah is verse 20:111 in?

Quran 20:111 is āyah 111 of Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), chapter 20 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 135 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 20:111?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:111 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.