Surah Fussilat · Ayah 11·Makkī

11

ثُمَّ إِلَى وَهِىَ لَهَا أَوْ ﴿١١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."

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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 · 8 roots in 11 of 16 words

Rarest here: د-خ-ن 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 14 points across 4 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd munfaṣil9
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ3

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 67 letters · āyah 11 of 54

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.

  • ثُمَّ أَتْبَعَ سَبَبًا

    Then he followed a way

  • وَٱلطَّيْرَ مَحْشُورَةً كُلٌّ لَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌ

    And the birds were assembled, all with him repeating [praises].

  • وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ

    And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

  • حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

    [So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, "Load upon the ship of each [creature] two mates and your family, except those about whom the word has…

  • هَٰذِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ ٱلَّتِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

    This is the Hellfire which you were promised.

  • فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ

    And when I have proportioned him and breathed into him of My [created] soul, then fall down to him in prostration."

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.

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:103 shared roots

    فَٱرْتَقِبْ يَوْمَ تَأْتِى ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِدُخَانٍ مُّبِينٍ

    د-خ-نس-م-وأ-ت-ي

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:834 shared roots

    أَفَغَيْرَ دِينِ ٱللَّهِ يَبْغُونَ وَلَهُۥٓ أَسْلَمَ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَإِلَيْهِ يُرْجَعُونَ

    ك-ر-هط-و-عس-م-وأ-ر-ض

  • At-Tawba 9:533 shared roots

    قُلْ أَنفِقُوا۟ طَوْعًا أَوْ كَرْهًا لَّن يُتَقَبَّلَ مِنكُمْ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    ك-ر-هط-و-عق-و-ل

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:154 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ يَسْجُدُ مَن فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ طَوْعًا وَكَرْهًا وَظِلَٰلُهُم بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ

    ك-ر-هط-و-عس-م-وأ-ر-ض

  • Muhammad 47:263 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ كَرِهُوا۟ مَا نَزَّلَ ٱللَّهُ سَنُطِيعُكُمْ فِى بَعْضِ ٱلْأَمْرِ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِسْرَارَهُمْ

    ك-ر-هط-و-عق-و-ل

  • Yunus 10:992 shared roots

    وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ لَـَٔامَنَ مَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ كُلُّهُمْ جَمِيعًا أَفَأَنتَ تُكْرِهُ ٱلنَّاسَ حَتَّىٰ يَكُونُوا۟ مُؤْمِنِينَ

    ك-ر-هأ-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 41:11?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 41:11 include Quran 18:89 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 38:19 (Surah Saad), Quran 43:49 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 11:40 (Surah Hud). For example, 18:89 reads: “Then he followed a way” 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 41:11 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 41:11 (Surah Fussilat, Explained in detail) reads: “Then He directed Himself to the heaven while it was smoke and said to it and to the earth, "Come [into being], willingly or by compulsion." They said, "We have come willingly."”

Which surah is verse 41:11 in?

Quran 41:11 is āyah 11 of Surah Fussilat (Explained in detail), chapter 41 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 41:11?

Tartīl presents Quran 41:11 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.