Surah Abasa · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Noble and dutiful.

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 2 words

Recitation · 5 points across 3 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1
  • Iqlāb1

Commentary

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

Shape

2 words · 8 letters · āyah 16 of 42

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 7:14 · Al-A'raafclose

    قَالَ أَنظِرْنِىٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

    [Satan] said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."

  • Quran 114:3 · An-Naasclose

    إِلَٰهِ ٱلنَّاسِ

    The God of mankind,

  • Quran 7:45 · Al-A'raafclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَٰفِرُونَ

    Who averted [people] from the way of Allah and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they were, concerning the Hereafter, disbelievers.

  • Quran 100:7 · Al-Aadiyaatclose

    وَإِنَّهُۥ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ لَشَهِيدٌ

    And indeed, he is to that a witness.

  • Quran 107:1 · Al-Maa'unclose

    أَرَءَيْتَ ٱلَّذِى يُكَذِّبُ بِٱلدِّينِ

    Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?

  • Quran 20:111 · Taa-Haaclose

    وَعَنَتِ ٱلْوُجُوهُ لِلْحَىِّ ٱلْقَيُّومِ وَقَدْ خَابَ مَنْ حَمَلَ ظُلْمًا

    And [all] faces will be humbled before the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence. And he will have failed who carries injustice.

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-Israa 17:702 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ كَرَّمْنَا بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ وَحَمَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ وَرَزَقْنَٰهُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ وَفَضَّلْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ كَثِيرٍ مِّمَّنْ خَلَقْنَا تَفْضِيلًا

    ب-ر-رك-ر-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 80:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 80:16 include Quran 7:14 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 114:3 (Surah An-Naas), Quran 7:45 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 100:7 (Surah Al-Aadiyaat). For example, 7:14 reads: “[Satan] said, "Reprieve me until the Day they are resurrected."” 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 80:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 80:16 (Surah Abasa, He frowned) reads: “Noble and dutiful.”

Which surah is verse 80:16 in?

Quran 80:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Abasa (He frowned), chapter 80 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 42 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 80:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 80:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.