Surah Al-Ghaafir · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

هُم لَا عَلَى مِنْهُمْ لِّمَنِ ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The Day they come forth nothing concerning them will be concealed from Allah. To whom belongs [all] sovereignty this Day? To Allah, the One, the Prevailing.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

روزی که همه آنان آشکار می‌شوند

معنای این جمله این نیست که مردم در دنیا از خداوند پنمان هستند و در آخرت بر او آشکار می‌شوند؛ بلکه به معنای روشن شدن این مطلب برای خود آنهاست؛ چرا که در آن روزء اسباب و واسطه‌های خیالی مانند ثروت و قدرت که مردم را به سوی خود می‌کشاند و آنها را از احاطة فرمانروایی خدا و یگانگی او در فرمان دادن و تدبیر و ربوبیت غافل می‌کردء همه و همه برداشته می‌شود و ظاهر و باطن انسان و آنچه به یاد دارد و آنچه فراموش کرده» بی‌پرده در صحنةٌ محشر آشکار می‌گردد. در آنجا فرمانروای حقیقی عالم آشکار می‌گردد و از جانب او ندا داده می‌شود که «حکومت امروز برای کیست» و از طرف خود او پاسخ می‌آید که «برای خداوند یکتای قهار است» > **پانوشت صفحه (منابع):** > ۱- نمونه ج۲۰, ص ۴۰ ۲- پیشین» ص ۴۳ ۳ پیشین» ص ۵۳ > ۴ المیزان» ج ۷ ص ۳۱۹ > ٢- پیشین، ص ٣٣ > ۳- پیشین» ص ۵۳ > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): Tafsīr Nemūneh, al-Mīzān.

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 · 8 roots in 10 of 15 words

Rarest here: ب-ر-ز — 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 19 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah5
  • Iẓhār2
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

15 words · 57 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 16 of 85

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 45:27 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَوْمَ تَقُومُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ يَوْمَئِذٍ يَخْسَرُ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

    And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And the Day the Hour appears - that Day the falsifiers will lose.

  • Quran 82:19 · Al-Infitaarclose

    يَوْمَ لَا تَمْلِكُ نَفْسٌ لِّنَفْسٍ شَيْـًٔا وَٱلْأَمْرُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ

    It is the Day when a soul will not possess for another soul [power to do] a thing; and the command, that Day, is [entirely] with Allah.

  • Quran 58:6 · Al-Mujaadilaclose

    يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُهُم بِمَا عَمِلُوٓا۟ أَحْصَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ وَنَسُوهُ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

    On the Day when Allah will resurrect them all and inform them of what they did. Allah had enumerated it, while they forgot it; and Allah is, over all things, Witness.

  • Quran 22:56 · Al-Hajjclose

    ٱلْمُلْكُ يَوْمَئِذٍ لِّلَّهِ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ فِى جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    [All] sovereignty that Day is for Allah; He will judge between them. So they who believed and did righteous deeds will be in the Gardens of Pleasure.

  • Quran 53:58 · An-Najmclose

    لَيْسَ لَهَا مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ كَاشِفَةٌ

    Of it, [from those] besides Allah, there is no remover.

  • Quran 5:109 · Al-Maaidaclose

    يَوْمَ يَجْمَعُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلرُّسُلَ فَيَقُولُ مَاذَآ أُجِبْتُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَا عِلْمَ لَنَآ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

    [Be warned of] the Day when Allah will assemble the messengers and say, "What was the response you received?" They will say, "We have no knowledge. Indeed, it is You who is Knower…

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 14:485 shared roots

    يَوْمَ تُبَدَّلُ ٱلْأَرْضُ غَيْرَ ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ وَبَرَزُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْوَٰحِدِ ٱلْقَهَّارِ

    ب-ر-زق-ه-رو-ح-دي-و-مأ-ل-ه

  • Saad 38:653 shared roots

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

    ق-ه-رو-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Az-Zumar 39:44 shared roots

    لَّوْ أَرَادَ ٱللَّهُ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا لَّٱصْطَفَىٰ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

    ق-ه-رو-ح-دش-ي-أأ-ل-ه

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:53 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَخْفَىٰ عَلَيْهِ شَىْءٌ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ

    خ-ف-يش-ي-أأ-ل-ه

  • Yusuf 12:393 shared roots

    يَٰصَٰحِبَىِ ٱلسِّجْنِ ءَأَرْبَابٌ مُّتَفَرِّقُونَ خَيْرٌ أَمِ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

    ق-ه-رو-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:182 shared roots

    يَوْمَئِذٍ تُعْرَضُونَ لَا تَخْفَىٰ مِنكُمْ خَافِيَةٌ

    خ-ف-يي-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 40:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 40:16 include Quran 45:27 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), Quran 82:19 (Surah Al-Infitaar), Quran 58:6 (Surah Al-Mujaadila), and Quran 22:56 (Surah Al-Hajj). For example, 45:27 reads: “And to Allah belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. And the Day the Hour appears - that Day the falsifiers will lose.” 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 40:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 40:16 (Surah Al-Ghaafir, The Forgiver) reads: “The Day they come forth nothing concerning them will be concealed from Allah. To whom belongs [all] sovereignty this Day? To Allah, the One, the Prevailing.”

Which surah is verse 40:16 in?

Quran 40:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Al-Ghaafir (The Forgiver), chapter 40 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 85 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 40:16?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 40:16 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 40:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 40:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.