Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 51·Makkī

51

لَا إِنَّمَا هُوَ فَإِيَّٰىَ ﴿٥١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And Allah has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He is but one God, so fear only Me."

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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 8 of 12 words

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 49 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 51 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.

  • Quran 38:65 · Saadvery close

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ مُنذِرٌ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّا ٱللَّهُ ٱلْوَٰحِدُ ٱلْقَهَّارُ

    Say, [O Muhammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allah, the One, the Prevailing.

  • Quran 2:163 · Al-Baqaravery close

    وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    And your god is one God. There is no deity [worthy of worship] except Him, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

  • Quran 41:6 · Fussilatvery close

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَنَا۠ بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَىَّ أَنَّمَآ إِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ فَٱسْتَقِيمُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ وَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُ وَوَيْلٌ لِّلْمُشْرِكِينَ

    Say, O [Muhammad], "I am only a man like you to whom it has been revealed that your god is but one God; so take a straight course to Him and seek His forgiveness." And woe to…

  • Quran 51:51 · Adh-Dhaariyatvery close

    وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    And do not make [as equal] with Allah another deity. Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

  • Quran 28:88 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    And do not invoke with Allah another deity. There is no deity except Him. Everything will be destroyed except His Face. His is the judgement, and to Him you will be returned.

  • Quran 20:14 · Taa-Haaclose

    إِنَّنِىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنَا۠ فَٱعْبُدْنِى وَأَقِمِ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ لِذِكْرِىٓ

    Indeed, I am Allah. There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance.

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:42 shared roots

    إِنَّ إِلَٰهَكُمْ لَوَٰحِدٌ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • At-Tawba 9:314 shared roots

    ٱتَّخَذُوٓا۟ أَحْبَارَهُمْ وَرُهْبَٰنَهُمْ أَرْبَابًا مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْمَسِيحَ ٱبْنَ مَرْيَمَ وَمَآ أُمِرُوٓا۟ إِلَّا لِيَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَٰهًا وَٰحِدًا لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    ر-ه-بو-ح-دأ-خ-ذأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Baqara 2:1632 shared roots

    وَإِلَٰهُكُمْ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    و-ح-دأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Hashr 59:132 shared roots

    لَأَنتُمْ أَشَدُّ رَهْبَةً فِى صُدُورِهِم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَوْمٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ

    ر-ه-بأ-ل-ه

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1162 shared roots

    قَالَ أَلْقُوا۟ فَلَمَّآ أَلْقَوْا۟ سَحَرُوٓا۟ أَعْيُنَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ وَجَآءُو بِسِحْرٍ عَظِيمٍ

    ر-ه-بق-و-ل

  • Yaseen 36:142 shared roots

    إِذْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَيْهِمُ ٱثْنَيْنِ فَكَذَّبُوهُمَا فَعَزَّزْنَا بِثَالِثٍ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَيْكُم مُّرْسَلُونَ

    ث-ن-يق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:51?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:51 include Quran 38:65 (Surah Saad), Quran 2:163 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 41:6 (Surah Fussilat), and Quran 51:51 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat). For example, 38:65 reads: “Say, [O Muhammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allah, the One, the Prevailing.” 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 16:51 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:51 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And Allah has said, "Do not take for yourselves two deities. He is but one God, so fear only Me."”

Which surah is verse 16:51 in?

Quran 16:51 is āyah 51 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 16:51?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:51 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.