Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 8·Makkī

8

مَا لَا ﴿٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 9 words

Rarest here: ب-غ-ل — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 48 letters · āyah 8 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 43:12 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ

    And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.

  • Quran 40:79 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    It is Allah who made for you the grazing animals upon which you ride, and some of them you eat.

  • Quran 31:10 · Luqmanclose

    خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا وَأَلْقَىٰ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ رَوَٰسِىَ أَن تَمِيدَ بِكُمْ وَبَثَّ فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ دَآبَّةٍ وَأَنزَلْنَا مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَنۢبَتْنَا فِيهَا مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍ كَرِيمٍ

    He created the heavens without pillars that you see and has cast into the earth firmly set mountains, lest it should shift with you, and dispersed therein from every creature. And…

  • Quran 36:36 · Yaseenclose

    سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا مِمَّا تُنۢبِتُ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَمِنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ وَمِمَّا لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    Exalted is He who created all pairs - from what the earth grows and from themselves and from that which they do not know.

  • Quran 45:4 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَفِى خَلْقِكُمْ وَمَا يَبُثُّ مِن دَآبَّةٍ ءَايَٰتٌ لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَ

    And in the creation of yourselves and what He disperses of moving creatures are signs for people who are certain [in faith].

  • Quran 55:13 · Ar-Rahmaanrelated

    فَبِأَىِّ ءَالَآءِ رَبِّكُمَا تُكَذِّبَانِ

    So which of the favors of your Lord would you deny?

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.

  • Yaseen 36:422 shared roots

    وَخَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّن مِّثْلِهِۦ مَا يَرْكَبُونَ

    ر-ك-بخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Hashr 59:62 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَفَآءَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ مِنْهُمْ فَمَآ أَوْجَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ خَيْلٍ وَلَا رِكَابٍ وَلَٰكِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُسَلِّطُ رُسُلَهُۥ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    خ-ي-لر-ك-ب

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:122 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ

    ر-ك-بخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Baqara 2:2392 shared roots

    فَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَرِجَالًا أَوْ رُكْبَانًا فَإِذَآ أَمِنتُمْ فَٱذْكُرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَمَا عَلَّمَكُم مَّا لَمْ تَكُونُوا۟ تَعْلَمُونَ

    ر-ك-بع-ل-م

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:392 shared roots

    كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

    خ-ل-قع-ل-م

  • Al-Hijr 15:862 shared roots

    إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    خ-ل-قع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:8?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:8 include Quran 43:12 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 40:79 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 31:10 (Surah Luqman), and Quran 36:36 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 43:12 reads: “And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.” 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 16:8 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:8 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And [He created] the horses, mules and donkeys for you to ride and [as] adornment. And He creates that which you do not know.”

Which surah is verse 16:8 in?

Quran 16:8 is āyah 8 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 16:8?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:8 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.