Surah Ad-Dukhaan · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

إِنَّا ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.

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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 · 4 roots in 5 of 6 words

Rarest here: ب-ط-ش — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah3
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd munfaṣil3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 29 letters · āyah 16 of 59

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 43:41 · Az-Zukhrufvery close

    فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ

    And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

  • Quran 37:20 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

    They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

  • Quran 88:25 · Al-Ghaashiyaclose

    إِنَّ إِلَيْنَآ إِيَابَهُمْ

    Indeed, to Us is their return.

  • Quran 41:27 · Fussilatclose

    فَلَنُذِيقَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّهُمْ أَسْوَأَ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    But We will surely cause those who disbelieve to taste a severe punishment, and We will surely recompense them for the worst of what they had been doing.

  • Quran 11:39 · Hudclose

    فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ مَن يَأْتِيهِ عَذَابٌ يُخْزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيْهِ عَذَابٌ مُّقِيمٌ

    And you are going to know who will get a punishment that will disgrace him [on earth] and upon whom will descend an enduring punishment [in the Hereafter]."

  • Quran 29:34 · Al-Ankabootclose

    إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient."

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-Ghaafir 40:272 shared roots

    وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

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  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:1032 shared roots

    لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ ٱلْفَزَعُ ٱلْأَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ هَٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

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  • Az-Zumar 39:602 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ تَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وُجُوهُهُم مُّسْوَدَّةٌ أَلَيْسَ فِى جَهَنَّمَ مَثْوًى لِّلْمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

    ك-ب-ري-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 44:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 44:16 include Quran 43:41 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 37:20 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 88:25 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya), and Quran 41:27 (Surah Fussilat). For example, 43:41 reads: “And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.” 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 44:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 44:16 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, The Smoke) reads: “The Day We will strike with the greatest assault, indeed, We will take retribution.”

Which surah is verse 44:16 in?

Quran 44:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke), chapter 44 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 59 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 44:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 44:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.