Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 113·Makkī

113

وَلَقَدْ مِّنْهُمْ وَهُمْ ﴿١١٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 9 words

Recitation · 14 points across 7 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 43 letters · āyah 113 of 128

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.

  • فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً رَّابِيَةً

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

  • كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ فَأَتَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Those before them denied, and punishment came upon them from where they did not perceive.

  • وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ

    And if We had destroyed them with a punishment before him, they would have said, "Our Lord, why did You not send to us a messenger so we could have followed Your verses before we…

  • فَبَدَّلَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ قَوْلًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى قِيلَ لَهُمْ فَأَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَظْلِمُونَ

    But those who wronged among them changed [the words] to a statement other than that which had been said to them. So We sent upon them a punishment from the sky for the wrong that…

  • وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.

  • ثُمَّ بَعَثْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ رُسُلًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِمْ فَجَآءُوهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَمَا كَانُوا۟ لِيُؤْمِنُوا۟ بِمَا كَذَّبُوا۟ بِهِۦ مِن قَبْلُ كَذَٰلِكَ نَطْبَعُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِ ٱلْمُعْتَدِينَ

    Then We sent after him messengers to their peoples, and they came to them with clear proofs. But they were not to believe in that which they had denied before. Thus We seal over…

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1412 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ك-ذ-بر-س-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1602 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ك-ذ-بر-س-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1052 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ك-ذ-بر-س-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:923 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    أ-خ-ذج-ي-أظ-ل-م

  • Al-Munaafiqoon 63:13 shared roots

    إِذَا جَآءَكَ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقُونَ قَالُوا۟ نَشْهَدُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُ ٱللَّهِ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّكَ لَرَسُولُهُۥ وَٱللَّهُ يَشْهَدُ إِنَّ ٱلْمُنَٰفِقِينَ لَكَٰذِبُونَ

    ك-ذ-بج-ي-أر-س-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1893 shared roots

    فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمِ ٱلظُّلَّةِ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

    أ-خ-ذك-ذ-بع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:113?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:113 include Quran 69:10 (Surah Al-Haaqqa), Quran 39:25 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 20:134 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 7:162 (Surah Al-A'raaf). 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 16:113 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:113 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.”

Which surah is verse 16:113 in?

Quran 16:113 is āyah 113 of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), chapter 16 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 128 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 16:113?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:113 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.