Surah Hud · Ayah 33·Makkī

33

إِنَّمَا بِهِ إِن وَمَآ أَنتُم ﴿٣٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "Allah will only bring it to you if He wills, and you will not cause [Him] failure.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 10 words

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Light Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 38 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 33 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 81:29 · At-Takwirvery close

    وَمَا تَشَآءُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.

  • Quran 63:11 · Al-Munaafiqoonvery close

    وَلَن يُؤَخِّرَ ٱللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِذَا جَآءَ أَجَلُهَا وَٱللَّهُ خَبِيرٌۢ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    But never will Allah delay a soul when its time has come. And Allah is Acquainted with what you do.

  • Quran 9:39 · At-Tawbavery close

    إِلَّا تَنفِرُوا۟ يُعَذِّبْكُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًا وَيَسْتَبْدِلْ قَوْمًا غَيْرَكُمْ وَلَا تَضُرُّوهُ شَيْـًٔا وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    If you do not go forth, He will punish you with a painful punishment and will replace you with another people, and you will not harm Him at all. And Allah is over all things…

  • Quran 12:66 · Yusufvery close

    قَالَ لَنْ أُرْسِلَهُۥ مَعَكُمْ حَتَّىٰ تُؤْتُونِ مَوْثِقًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ لَتَأْتُنَّنِى بِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن يُحَاطَ بِكُمْ فَلَمَّآ ءَاتَوْهُ مَوْثِقَهُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ مَا نَقُولُ وَكِيلٌ

    [Jacob] said, "Never will I send him with you until you give me a promise by Allah that you will bring him [back] to me, unless you should be surrounded by enemies." And when they…

  • Quran 35:17 · Faatirvery close

    وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ

    And that is for Allah not difficult.

  • Quran 4:133 · An-Nisaavery close

    إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَيَأْتِ بِـَٔاخَرِينَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ قَدِيرًا

    If He wills, He can do away with you, O people, and bring others [in your place]. And ever is Allah competent to do that.

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-An'aam 6:1342 shared roots

    إِنَّ مَا تُوعَدُونَ لَـَٔاتٍ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    ع-ج-زأ-ت-ي

  • Yunus 10:532 shared roots

    وَيَسْتَنۢبِـُٔونَكَ أَحَقٌّ هُوَ قُلْ إِى وَرَبِّىٓ إِنَّهُۥ لَحَقٌّ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    ع-ج-زق-و-ل

  • Ash-Shura 42:312 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    ع-ج-زأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:222 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَمَا لَكُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن وَلِىٍّ وَلَا نَصِيرٍ

    ع-ج-زأ-ل-ه

  • Hud 11:723 shared roots

    قَالَتْ يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌ وَهَٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

    ع-ج-زش-ي-أق-و-ل

  • Hud 11:723 shared roots

    قَالَتْ يَٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ ءَأَلِدُ وَأَنَا۠ عَجُوزٌ وَهَٰذَا بَعْلِى شَيْخًا إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌ عَجِيبٌ

    ع-ج-زش-ي-أق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:33?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:33 include Quran 81:29 (Surah At-Takwir), Quran 63:11 (Surah Al-Munaafiqoon), Quran 9:39 (Surah At-Tawba), and Quran 12:66 (Surah Yusuf). For example, 81:29 reads: “And you do not will except that Allah wills - Lord of the worlds.” 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 11:33 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:33 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “He said, "Allah will only bring it to you if He wills, and you will not cause [Him] failure.”

Which surah is verse 11:33 in?

Quran 11:33 is āyah 33 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:33?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:33 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.