Surah Hud · Ayah 81·Makkī

81

يَٰلُوطُ إِنَّا لَن إِلَيْكَ مِّنَ وَلَا مِنكُمْ إِلَّا إِنَّهُۥ مَآ إِنَّ ﴿٨١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which strikes them. Indeed, their appointment is [for] the morning. Is not the morning near?"

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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 · 16 roots in 18 of 29 words

Rarest here: ل-ف-ت 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 33 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Ghunnah4
  • Heavy rāʾ5
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)4
  • Qalqalah3
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

29 words · 116 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 81 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.

  • وَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَا لُوطًا سِىٓءَ بِهِمْ وَضَاقَ بِهِمْ ذَرْعًا وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَخَفْ وَلَا تَحْزَنْ إِنَّا مُنَجُّوكَ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَكَ كَانَتْ مِنَ ٱلْغَٰبِرِينَ

    And when Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed for them and felt for them great discomfort. They said, "Fear not, nor grieve. Indeed, we will save you and your family…

  • وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

  • قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا مَنۢ بَعَثَنَا مِن مَّرْقَدِنَا هَٰذَا مَا وَعَدَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَصَدَقَ ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    They will say, "O woe to us! Who has raised us up from our sleeping place?" [The reply will be], "This is what the Most Merciful had promised, and the messengers told the truth."

  • يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ قَدْ جَآءَكُمْ رَسُولُنَا يُبَيِّنُ لَكُمْ عَلَىٰ فَتْرَةٍ مِّنَ ٱلرُّسُلِ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ مَا جَآءَنَا مِنۢ بَشِيرٍ وَلَا نَذِيرٍ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَشِيرٌ وَنَذِيرٌ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    O People of the Scripture, there has come to you Our Messenger to make clear to you [the religion] after a period [of suspension] of messengers, lest you say, "There came not to…

  • قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ أُرْسِلْنَآ إِلَىٰ قَوْمٍ مُّجْرِمِينَ

    They said, "Indeed, we have been sent to a people of criminals,

  • فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

    So set out with your family during a portion of the night and follow behind them and let not anyone among you look back and continue on to where you are commanded."

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-Hijr 15:655 shared roots

    فَأَسْرِ بِأَهْلِكَ بِقِطْعٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱتَّبِعْ أَدْبَٰرَهُمْ وَلَا يَلْتَفِتْ مِنكُمْ أَحَدٌ وَٱمْضُوا۟ حَيْثُ تُؤْمَرُونَ

    ل-ف-تس-ر-يق-ط-عل-ي-لأ-ح-د

  • Al-Fajr 89:42 shared roots

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذَا يَسْرِ

    س-ر-يل-ي-ل

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:232 shared roots

    فَأَسْرِ بِعِبَادِى لَيْلًا إِنَّكُم مُّتَّبَعُونَ

    س-ر-يل-ي-ل

  • Al-Qasas 28:512 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ وَصَّلْنَا لَهُمُ ٱلْقَوْلَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    و-ص-لق-و-ل

  • Yunus 10:782 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتَلْفِتَنَا عَمَّا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهِ ءَابَآءَنَا وَتَكُونَ لَكُمَا ٱلْكِبْرِيَآءُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا نَحْنُ لَكُمَا بِمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ل-ف-تق-و-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:662 shared roots

    وَقَضَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْأَمْرَ أَنَّ دَابِرَ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مَقْطُوعٌ مُّصْبِحِينَ

    ق-ط-عص-ب-ح

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 11:81?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 11:81 include Quran 29:33 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 36:17 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 36:52 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 5:19 (Surah Al-Maaida). For example, 29:33 reads: “And when Our messengers came to Lot, he was distressed for them and felt for them great discomfort. They said, "Fear not, nor grieve. Indeed, we will save you and your family…” 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 11:81 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 11:81 (Surah Hud, Hud) reads: “The angels said, "O Lot, indeed we are messengers of your Lord; [therefore], they will never reach you. So set out with your family during a portion of the night and let not any among you look back - except your wife; indeed, she will be struck by that which…”

Which surah is verse 11:81 in?

Quran 11:81 is āyah 81 of Surah Hud (Hud), chapter 11 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 123 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 11:81?

Tartīl presents Quran 11:81 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.