Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 81·Makkī

81

لَكُم مِّمَّا لَكُم مِّنَ لَكُمْ كَذَٰلِكَ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ ﴿٨١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And Allah has made for you, from that which He has created, shadows and has made for you from the mountains, shelters and has made for you garments which protect you from the heat and garments which protect you from your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He complete His favor upon you that you might submit [to Him].

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

نعمت سایه

در این آیه سایه‌ها اعمٌ از سایةٌ درختان و اشیاء دیگر» همچون یک نعمت ارزندة الهی بیان شده و حقیقت نیز همین است؛ زیرا همان‌گونه که انسان در زندگی خود به تابش نور نیاز دارده در بسیاری از اوقات نیازمند سایه است؛ چرا که اگر نور یکنواخت بتابده زندگی غیر ممکن خواهد بود. همچنین می‌دانیم که بزرگ‌ترین سایه برای ما ساکنان زمین» سایةٌ کره زمین است که شب نام دارد و نیمی از سطح زمین را می‌پوشاند. نقش این سایة بزرگ در زندگی انسان‌ها بر هیچ کس پوشیده نیست؛ همچنین نقش سایه‌های کوچک‌تر به هنگام روز در مناطق گوناگون.

نعمت زره‌های آهنین

به ظاهر منظور از «پیراهن‌هایی که هنگام جنگ, حافظ شماست» زره‌هایی است که از آهن و نظایر آن ساخته می‌شده و جنگجویان را از صدمة جنگ حفظ می‌کرده است.

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 · 13 roots in 17 of 25 words

Rarest here: س-ر-ب-ل 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 32 points across 7 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Idghām shafawī7
  • Ghunnah4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

25 words · 106 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 81 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.

  • ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ قَرَارًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَصَوَّرَكُمْ فَأَحْسَنَ صُوَرَكُمْ وَرَزَقَكُم مِّنَ ٱلطَّيِّبَٰتِ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ فَتَبَارَكَ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    It is Allah who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a ceiling and formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allah, your…

  • وَعَدَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ مَغَانِمَ كَثِيرَةً تَأْخُذُونَهَا فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هَٰذِهِۦ وَكَفَّ أَيْدِىَ ٱلنَّاسِ عَنكُمْ وَلِتَكُونَ ءَايَةً لِّلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَيَهْدِيَكُمْ صِرَٰطًا مُّسْتَقِيمًا

    Allah has promised you much booty that you will take [in the future] and has hastened for you this [victory] and withheld the hands of people from you - that it may be a sign for…

  • ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ فِرَٰشًا وَٱلسَّمَآءَ بِنَآءً وَأَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَأَخْرَجَ بِهِۦ مِنَ ٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ رِزْقًا لَّكُمْ فَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ لِلَّهِ أَندَادًا وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    [He] who made for you the earth a bed [spread out] and the sky a ceiling and sent down from the sky, rain and brought forth thereby fruits as provision for you. So do not…

  • ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ رَزَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُم مَّن يَفْعَلُ مِن ذَٰلِكُم مِّن شَىْءٍ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    Allah is the one who created you, then provided for you, then will cause you to die, and then will give you life. Are there any of your "partners" who does anything of that?…

  • أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَخَّرَ لَكُم مَّا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱلْفُلْكَ تَجْرِى فِى ٱلْبَحْرِ بِأَمْرِهِۦ وَيُمْسِكُ ٱلسَّمَآءَ أَن تَقَعَ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِهِۦٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ بِٱلنَّاسِ لَرَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    Do you not see that Allah has subjected to you whatever is on the earth and the ships which run through the sea by His command? And He restrains the sky from falling upon the…

  • قَدْ فَرَضَ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمْ تَحِلَّةَ أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ مَوْلَىٰكُمْ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    Allah has already ordained for you [Muslims] the dissolution of your oaths. And Allah is your protector, and He is the Knowing, the Wise.

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.

  • Faatir 35:212 shared roots

    وَلَا ٱلظِّلُّ وَلَا ٱلْحَرُورُ

    ح-ر-رظ-ل-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1843 shared roots

    وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ وَٱلْجِبِلَّةَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    ج-ب-لخ-ل-قو-ق-ي

  • Al-Mursalaat 77:412 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى ظِلَٰلٍ وَعُيُونٍ

    ظ-ل-لو-ق-ي

  • At-Tur 52:172 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ فِى جَنَّٰتٍ وَنَعِيمٍ

    ن-ع-مو-ق-ي

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1713 shared roots

    وَإِذْ نَتَقْنَا ٱلْجَبَلَ فَوْقَهُمْ كَأَنَّهُۥ ظُلَّةٌ وَظَنُّوٓا۟ أَنَّهُۥ وَاقِعٌۢ بِهِمْ خُذُوا۟ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰكُم بِقُوَّةٍ وَٱذْكُرُوا۟ مَا فِيهِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَتَّقُونَ

    ظ-ل-لج-ب-لو-ق-ي

  • Al-Fath 48:23 shared roots

    لِّيَغْفِرَ لَكَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِن ذَنۢبِكَ وَمَا تَأَخَّرَ وَيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكَ وَيَهْدِيَكَ صِرَٰطًا مُّسْتَقِيمًا

    ت-م-من-ع-مأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:81?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:81 include Quran 40:64 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 48:20 (Surah Al-Fath), Quran 2:22 (Surah Al-Baqara), and Quran 30:40 (Surah Ar-Room). For example, 40:64 reads: “It is Allah who made for you the earth a place of settlement and the sky a ceiling and formed you and perfected your forms and provided you with good things. That is Allah, your…” 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 16:81 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:81 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And Allah has made for you, from that which He has created, shadows and has made for you from the mountains, shelters and has made for you garments which protect you from the heat and garments which protect you from your [enemy in] battle. Thus does He…”

Which surah is verse 16:81 in?

Quran 16:81 is āyah 81 of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), chapter 16 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 128 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 16:81?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 16:81 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 16:81?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:81 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.