Surah Nooh · Ayah 28·Makkī

28

لِى وَلِمَن وَلَا إِلَّا ﴿٢٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."

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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 · 9 roots in 11 of 15 words

Rarest here: ت-ب-ر — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 16 points across 4 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Lām qamariyyah2

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 68 letters · āyah 28 of 28

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 11:52 · Hudvery close

    وَيَٰقَوْمِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ

    And O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength…

  • Quran 60:5 · Al-Mumtahanavery close

    رَبَّنَا لَا تَجْعَلْنَا فِتْنَةً لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا رَبَّنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    Our Lord, make us not [objects of] torment for the disbelievers and forgive us, our Lord. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise."

  • Quran 14:41 · Ibrahimvery close

    رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ

    Our Lord, forgive me and my parents and the believers the Day the account is established."

  • Quran 14:36 · Ibrahimclose

    رَبِّ إِنَّهُنَّ أَضْلَلْنَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَمَن تَبِعَنِى فَإِنَّهُۥ مِنِّى وَمَنْ عَصَانِى فَإِنَّكَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    My Lord, indeed they have led astray many among the people. So whoever follows me - then he is of me; and whoever disobeys me - indeed, You are [yet] Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Quran 23:109 · Al-Muminoonclose

    إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْ عِبَادِى يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱغْفِرْ لَنَا وَٱرْحَمْنَا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

    Indeed, there was a party of My servants who said, 'Our Lord, we have believed, so forgive us and have mercy upon us, and You are the best of the merciful.'

  • Quran 26:169 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    رَبِّ نَجِّنِى وَأَهْلِى مِمَّا يَعْمَلُونَ

    My Lord, save me and my family from [the consequence of] what they do."

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.

  • Ibrahim 14:414 shared roots

    رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ

    و-ل-دغ-ف-رأ-م-نر-ب-ب

  • Al-Israa 17:72 shared roots

    إِنْ أَحْسَنتُمْ أَحْسَنتُمْ لِأَنفُسِكُمْ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتُمْ فَلَهَا فَإِذَا جَآءَ وَعْدُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لِيَسُـۥٓـُٔوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَلِيَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْمَسْجِدَ كَمَا دَخَلُوهُ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَلِيُتَبِّرُوا۟ مَا عَلَوْا۟ تَتْبِيرًا

    ت-ب-رد-خ-ل

  • An-Nisaa 4:1373 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ ءَامَنُوا۟ ثُمَّ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ ٱزْدَادُوا۟ كُفْرًا لَّمْ يَكُنِ ٱللَّهُ لِيَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ وَلَا لِيَهْدِيَهُمْ سَبِيلًۢا

    ز-ي-دغ-ف-رأ-م-ن

  • Quraish 106:32 shared roots

    فَلْيَعْبُدُوا۟ رَبَّ هَٰذَا ٱلْبَيْتِ

    ب-ي-تر-ب-ب

  • Nooh 71:242 shared roots

    وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا

    ز-ي-دظ-ل-م

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1513 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِأَخِى وَأَدْخِلْنَا فِى رَحْمَتِكَ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

    د-خ-لغ-ف-رر-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 71:28?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 71:28 include Quran 11:52 (Surah Hud), Quran 60:5 (Surah Al-Mumtahana), Quran 14:41 (Surah Ibrahim), and Quran 14:36 (Surah Ibrahim). For example, 11:52 reads: “And O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength…” 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 71:28 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 71:28 (Surah Nooh, Noah) reads: “My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."”

Which surah is verse 71:28 in?

Quran 71:28 is āyah 28 of Surah Nooh (Noah), chapter 71 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 28 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 71:28?

Tartīl presents Quran 71:28 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.