Surah At-Tur · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

أَوْ لَا عَلَيْكُمْ إِنَّمَا مَا ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."

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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 7 of 12 words

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 53 letters · āyah 16 of 49

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 37:39 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَمَا تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -

  • Quran 10:52 · Yunusclose

    ثُمَّ قِيلَ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْخُلْدِ هَلْ تُجْزَوْنَ إِلَّا بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَكْسِبُونَ

    Then it will be said to those who had wronged, "Taste the punishment of eternity; are you being recompensed except for what you used to earn?"

  • Quran 16:126 · An-Nahlclose

    وَإِنْ عَاقَبْتُمْ فَعَاقِبُوا۟ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبْتُم بِهِۦ وَلَئِن صَبَرْتُمْ لَهُوَ خَيْرٌ لِّلصَّٰبِرِينَ

    And if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.

  • Quran 78:30 · An-Nabaclose

    فَذُوقُوا۟ فَلَن نَّزِيدَكُمْ إِلَّا عَذَابًا

    "So taste [the penalty], and never will We increase you except in torment."

  • Quran 16:96 · An-Nahlclose

    مَا عِندَكُمْ يَنفَدُ وَمَا عِندَ ٱللَّهِ بَاقٍ وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوٓا۟ أَجْرَهُم بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Whatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.

  • Quran 22:22 · Al-Hajjclose

    كُلَّمَآ أَرَادُوٓا۟ أَن يَخْرُجُوا۟ مِنْهَا مِنْ غَمٍّ أُعِيدُوا۟ فِيهَا وَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابَ ٱلْحَرِيقِ

    Every time they want to get out of Hellfire from anguish, they will be returned to it, and [it will be said], "Taste the punishment of the Burning Fire!"

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 52:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 52:16 include Quran 37:39 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 10:52 (Surah Yunus), Quran 16:126 (Surah An-Nahl), and Quran 78:30 (Surah An-Naba). For example, 37:39 reads: “And you will not be recompensed except for what you used to do -” 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 52:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 52:16 (Surah At-Tur, The Mount) reads: “[Enter to] burn therein; then be patient or impatient - it is all the same for you. You are only being recompensed [for] what you used to do."”

Which surah is verse 52:16 in?

Quran 52:16 is āyah 16 of Surah At-Tur (The Mount), chapter 52 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 49 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 52:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 52:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.