Surah Hud · Ayah 59·Makkī

59

وَتِلْكَ ﴿٥٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And that was 'Aad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.

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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 · 11 roots in 11 of 12 words

Rarest here: ج-ب-ر — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Iẓhār shafawī2

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 50 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 59 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 69:10 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

    And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

  • Quran 43:54 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    فَٱسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُۥ فَأَطَاعُوهُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمًا فَٰسِقِينَ

    So he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah].

  • Quran 14:15 · Ibrahimclose

    وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

    And they requested victory from Allah, and disappointed, [therefore], was every obstinate tyrant.

  • Quran 79:22 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

    Then he turned his back, striving.

  • Quran 7:90 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن قَوْمِهِۦ لَئِنِ ٱتَّبَعْتُمْ شُعَيْبًا إِنَّكُمْ إِذًا لَّخَٰسِرُونَ

    Said the eminent ones who disbelieved among his people, "If you should follow Shu'ayb, indeed, you would then be losers."

  • Quran 41:15 · Fussilatclose

    فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا۟ مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَكَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

    As for 'Aad, they were arrogant upon the earth without right and said, "Who is greater than us in strength?" Did they not consider that Allah who created them was greater than…

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.

  • Taa-Haa 20:933 shared roots

    أَلَّا تَتَّبِعَنِ أَفَعَصَيْتَ أَمْرِى

    ع-ص-يت-ب-عأ-م-ر

  • Maryam 19:142 shared roots

    وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَيْهِ وَلَمْ يَكُن جَبَّارًا عَصِيًّا

    ج-ب-رع-ص-ي

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:53 shared roots

    أَمْرًا مِّنْ عِندِنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

    ع-ن-دأ-م-رر-س-ل

  • Ibrahim 14:153 shared roots

    وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

    ج-ب-رع-ن-دك-ل-ل

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:632 shared roots

    كَذَٰلِكَ يُؤْفَكُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ يَجْحَدُونَ

    ج-ح-دأ-ي-ي

  • Fussilat 41:153 shared roots

    فَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ وَقَالُوا۟ مَنْ أَشَدُّ مِنَّا قُوَّةً أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُمْ هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُمْ قُوَّةً وَكَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

    ج-ح-دع-و-دأ-ي-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:59?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:59 include Quran 69:10 (Surah Al-Haaqqa), Quran 43:54 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 14:15 (Surah Ibrahim), and Quran 79:22 (Surah An-Naazi'aat). For example, 69:10 reads: “And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].” 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 11:59 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:59 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “And that was 'Aad, who rejected the signs of their Lord and disobeyed His messengers and followed the order of every obstinate tyrant.”

Which surah is verse 11:59 in?

Quran 11:59 is āyah 59 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:59?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:59 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.