Surah Al-Mulk · Ayah 16·Makkī

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مَّن فِى أَن بِكُمُ فَإِذَا هِىَ ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 11 words

Rarest here: م-و-ر — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 40 letters · āyah 16 of 30

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 17:68 · Al-Israavery close

    أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا

    Then do you feel secure that [instead] He will not cause a part of the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones? Then you would not find for yourselves an…

  • Quran 44:7 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    رَبِّ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُم مُّوقِنِينَ

    Lord of the heavens and the earth and that between them, if you would be certain.

  • Quran 82:9 · Al-Infitaarclose

    كَلَّا بَلْ تُكَذِّبُونَ بِٱلدِّينِ

    No! But you deny the Recompense.

  • Quran 51:21 · Adh-Dhaariyatclose

    وَفِىٓ أَنفُسِكُمْ أَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    And in yourselves. Then will you not see?

  • Quran 30:25 · Ar-Roomclose

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِۦٓ أَن تَقُومَ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ بِأَمْرِهِۦ ثُمَّ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ دَعْوَةً مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِذَآ أَنتُمْ تَخْرُجُونَ

    And of His signs is that the heaven and earth remain by His command. Then when He calls you with a [single] call from the earth, immediately you will come forth.

  • Quran 23:36 · Al-Muminoonclose

    هَيْهَاتَ هَيْهَاتَ لِمَا تُوعَدُونَ

    How far, how far, is that which you are promised.

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.

  • At-Tur 52:92 shared roots

    يَوْمَ تَمُورُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ مَوْرًا

    م-و-رس-م-و

  • An-Nahl 16:453 shared roots

    أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُوا۟ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخْسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    خ-س-فأ-ر-ضأ-م-ن

  • Al-Qasas 28:812 shared roots

    فَخَسَفْنَا بِهِۦ وَبِدَارِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ فَمَا كَانَ لَهُۥ مِن فِئَةٍ يَنصُرُونَهُۥ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَمَا كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُنتَصِرِينَ

    خ-س-فأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:33 shared roots

    إِنَّ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    س-م-وأ-ر-ضأ-م-ن

  • Saba 34:93 shared roots

    أَفَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ إِن نَّشَأْ نَخْسِفْ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ أَوْ نُسْقِطْ عَلَيْهِمْ كِسَفًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً لِّكُلِّ عَبْدٍ مُّنِيبٍ

    خ-س-فس-م-وأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Israa 17:682 shared roots

    أَفَأَمِنتُمْ أَن يَخْسِفَ بِكُمْ جَانِبَ ٱلْبَرِّ أَوْ يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا ثُمَّ لَا تَجِدُوا۟ لَكُمْ وَكِيلًا

    خ-س-فأ-م-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 67:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 67:16 include Quran 17:68 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 44:7 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 82:9 (Surah Al-Infitaar), and Quran 51:21 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat). For example, 17:68 reads: “Then do you feel secure that [instead] He will not cause a part of the land to swallow you or send against you a storm of stones? Then you would not find for yourselves an…” 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 67:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 67:16 (Surah Al-Mulk, The Sovereignty) reads: “Do you feel secure that He who [holds authority] in the heaven would not cause the earth to swallow you and suddenly it would sway?”

Which surah is verse 67:16 in?

Quran 67:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty), chapter 67 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 30 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 67:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 67:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.