Surah Al-Muzzammil · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

فِرْعَوْنُ ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.

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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: و-ب-ل — 8× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 30 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 16 of 20

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 69:10 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

    And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].

  • Quran 54:42 · Al-Qamarclose

    كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَٰهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

    They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.

  • Quran 44:32 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    وَلَقَدِ ٱخْتَرْنَٰهُمْ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And We certainly chose them by knowledge over [all] the worlds.

  • Quran 20:56 · Taa-Haaclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَرَيْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّبَ وَأَبَىٰ

    And We certainly showed Pharaoh Our signs - all of them - but he denied and refused.

  • Quran 79:22 · An-Naazi'aatclose

    ثُمَّ أَدْبَرَ يَسْعَىٰ

    Then he turned his back, striving.

  • Quran 7:130 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَآ ءَالَ فِرْعَوْنَ بِٱلسِّنِينَ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَذَّكَّرُونَ

    And We certainly seized the people of Pharaoh with years of famine and a deficiency in fruits that perhaps they would be reminded.

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-Haaqqa 69:103 shared roots

    فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

    ع-ص-يأ-خ-ذر-س-ل

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:362 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَمْرًا أَن يَكُونَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلًا مُّبِينًا

    ع-ص-ير-س-ل

  • Al-Jinn 72:232 shared roots

    إِلَّا بَلَٰغًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِسَٰلَٰتِهِۦ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا

    ع-ص-ير-س-ل

  • An-Nisaa 4:422 shared roots

    يَوْمَئِذٍ يَوَدُّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَعَصَوُا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ لَوْ تُسَوَّىٰ بِهِمُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ ٱللَّهَ حَدِيثًا

    ع-ص-ير-س-ل

  • Al-Mujaadila 58:92 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا تَنَٰجَيْتُمْ فَلَا تَتَنَٰجَوْا۟ بِٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْعُدْوَٰنِ وَمَعْصِيَتِ ٱلرَّسُولِ وَتَنَٰجَوْا۟ بِٱلْبِرِّ وَٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ ٱلَّذِىٓ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ

    ع-ص-ير-س-ل

  • An-Nisaa 4:142 shared roots

    وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَتَعَدَّ حُدُودَهُۥ يُدْخِلْهُ نَارًا خَٰلِدًا فِيهَا وَلَهُۥ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

    ع-ص-ير-س-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 73:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 73:16 include Quran 69:10 (Surah Al-Haaqqa), Quran 54:42 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 44:32 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), and Quran 20:56 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 69:10 reads: “And they disobeyed the messenger of their Lord, so He seized them with a seizure exceeding [in severity].” 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 73:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 73:16 (Surah Al-Muzzammil, The Enshrouded One) reads: “But Pharaoh disobeyed the messenger, so We seized him with a ruinous seizure.”

Which surah is verse 73:16 in?

Quran 73:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Al-Muzzammil (The Enshrouded One), chapter 73 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 20 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 73:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 73:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.