Surah Hud · Ayah 51·Makkī

51

لَآ عَلَيْهِ إِنْ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلَّذِى أَفَلَا ﴿٥١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

O my people, I do not ask you for it any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?

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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 6 of 13 words

Recitation · 15 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Qalqalah2
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ3

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 51 letters · āyah 51 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 26:109 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.

  • Quran 26:165 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَتَأْتُونَ ٱلذُّكْرَانَ مِنَ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    Do you approach males among the worlds

  • Quran 11:29 · Hudclose

    وَيَٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالًا إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًا تَجْهَلُونَ

    And O my people, I ask not of you for it any wealth. My reward is not but from Allah. And I am not one to drive away those who have believed. Indeed, they will meet their Lord…

  • Quran 26:146 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِى مَا هَٰهُنَآ ءَامِنِينَ

    Will you be left in what is here, secure [from death],

  • Quran 26:108 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

    So fear Allah and obey me.

  • Quran 26:128 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ

    Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1802 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1642 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1452 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1272 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1092 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

  • Yusuf 12:1042 shared roots

    وَمَا تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-أ-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:51?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:51 include Quran 26:109 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 26:165 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 11:29 (Surah Hud), and Quran 26:146 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 26:109 reads: “And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the 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 11:51 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:51 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “O my people, I do not ask you for it any reward. My reward is only from the one who created me. Then will you not reason?”

Which surah is verse 11:51 in?

Quran 11:51 is āyah 51 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:51?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:51 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.