Surah Al-Fath · Ayah 16·Madanī

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مِنَ إِلَىٰ أُو۟لِى أَوْ فَإِن وَإِن كَمَا مِّن ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Say to those who remained behind of the bedouins, "You will be called to [face] a people of great military might; you may fight them, or they will submit. So if you obey, Allah will give you a good reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He will punish you with a painful punishment."

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

قوم نیرومند و جنگجو

با توجه به این که در عصر پیامبر(ص) بعد از ماجرای حدیبیه و خیبرء غزوةٌ مهمی با مشرکان جز فتح مکه و غزوةٌ حنین وجود نداشت» این آّیه ممکن است اشاره به این دو موضوع باشد؛ به ویژه غزوة حنین که مردان جنگجوی سخت ‌کوشی از طایفةٌ «هوازن» و «بنی‌سعد» در آَن شرکت داشتند.

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 · 18 roots in 20 of 28 words

Recitation · 36 points across 8 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī13
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah4
  • Iẓhār10
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

28 words · 123 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 16 of 29

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.

  • سَيَقُولُ لَكَ ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَعْرَابِ شَغَلَتْنَآ أَمْوَٰلُنَا وَأَهْلُونَا فَٱسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا يَقُولُونَ بِأَلْسِنَتِهِم مَّا لَيْسَ فِى قُلُوبِهِمْ قُلْ فَمَن يَمْلِكُ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ شَيْـًٔا إِنْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ ضَرًّا أَوْ أَرَادَ بِكُمْ نَفْعًۢا بَلْ كَانَ ٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًۢا

    Those who remained behind of the bedouins will say to you, "Our properties and our families occupied us, so ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not within…

  • قَدْ يَعْلَمُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُعَوِّقِينَ مِنكُمْ وَٱلْقَآئِلِينَ لِإِخْوَٰنِهِمْ هَلُمَّ إِلَيْنَا وَلَا يَأْتُونَ ٱلْبَأْسَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    Already Allah knows the hinderers among you and those [hypocrites] who say to their brothers, "Come to us," and do not go to battle, except for a few,

  • سَيَهْدِيهِمْ وَيُصْلِحُ بَالَهُمْ

    He will guide them and amend their condition

  • وَأَعِدُّوا۟ لَهُم مَّا ٱسْتَطَعْتُم مِّن قُوَّةٍ وَمِن رِّبَاطِ ٱلْخَيْلِ تُرْهِبُونَ بِهِۦ عَدُوَّ ٱللَّهِ وَعَدُوَّكُمْ وَءَاخَرِينَ مِن دُونِهِمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُهُمْ وَمَا تُنفِقُوا۟ مِن شَىْءٍ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ يُوَفَّ إِلَيْكُمْ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تُظْلَمُونَ

    And prepare against them whatever you are able of power and of steeds of war by which you may terrify the enemy of Allah and your enemy and others besides them whom you do not…

  • فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ

    So fear Allah and obey me.

  • فَإِن رَّجَعَكَ ٱللَّهُ إِلَىٰ طَآئِفَةٍ مِّنْهُمْ فَٱسْتَـْٔذَنُوكَ لِلْخُرُوجِ فَقُل لَّن تَخْرُجُوا۟ مَعِىَ أَبَدًا وَلَن تُقَٰتِلُوا۟ مَعِىَ عَدُوًّا إِنَّكُمْ رَضِيتُم بِٱلْقُعُودِ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ فَٱقْعُدُوا۟ مَعَ ٱلْخَٰلِفِينَ

    If Allah should return you to a faction of them [after the expedition] and then they ask your permission to go out [to battle], say, "You will not go out with me, ever, and you…

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.

  • Nooh 71:15 shared roots

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    أ-ل-مق-ب-لع-ذ-بأ-ت-يق-و-م

  • Al-Kahf 18:25 shared roots

    قَيِّمًا لِّيُنذِرَ بَأْسًا شَدِيدًا مِّن لَّدُنْهُ وَيُبَشِّرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أَنَّ لَهُمْ أَجْرًا حَسَنًا

    ب-أ-سأ-ج-رش-د-دح-س-نق-و-م

  • Fussilat 41:335 shared roots

    وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ قَوْلًا مِّمَّن دَعَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَعَمِلَ صَٰلِحًا وَقَالَ إِنَّنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

    س-ل-مح-س-ند-ع-وق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Hijr 15:502 shared roots

    وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ

    أ-ل-مع-ذ-ب

  • Yunus 10:724 shared roots

    فَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَمَا سَأَلْتُكُم مِّنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ وَأُمِرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ

    أ-ج-رس-ل-مو-ل-يأ-ل-ه

  • Al-A'raaf 7:53 shared roots

    فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    ب-أ-سد-ع-وق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 48:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 48:16 include Quran 48:11 (Surah Al-Fath), Quran 33:18 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), Quran 47:5 (Surah Muhammad), and Quran 8:60 (Surah Al-Anfaal). For example, 48:11 reads: “Those who remained behind of the bedouins will say to you, "Our properties and our families occupied us, so ask forgiveness for us." They say with their tongues what is not within…” 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 48:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 48:16 (Surah Al-Fath, The Victory) reads: “Say to those who remained behind of the bedouins, "You will be called to [face] a people of great military might; you may fight them, or they will submit. So if you obey, Allah will give you a good reward; but if you turn away as you turned away before, He…”

Which surah is verse 48:16 in?

Quran 48:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Al-Fath (The Victory), chapter 48 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 29 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 48:16?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 48:16 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 48:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 48:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.