Surah Adh-Dhaariyat · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

مَآ إِنَّهُمْ ذَٰلِكَ ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.

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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 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 39 letters · āyah 16 of 60

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 39:34 · Az-Zumarvery close

    لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْمُحْسِنِينَ

    They will have whatever they desire with their Lord. That is the reward of the doers of good -

  • Quran 52:18 · At-Turclose

    فَٰكِهِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ وَوَقَىٰهُمْ رَبُّهُمْ عَذَابَ ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    Enjoying what their Lord has given them, and their Lord protected them from the punishment of Hellfire.

  • Quran 21:86 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.

  • Quran 31:5 · Luqmanclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ عَلَىٰ هُدًى مِّن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْمُفْلِحُونَ

    Those are on [right] guidance from their Lord, and it is those who are the successful.

  • Quran 46:16 · Al-Ahqafclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ نَتَقَبَّلُ عَنْهُمْ أَحْسَنَ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَنَتَجَاوَزُ عَن سَيِّـَٔاتِهِمْ فِىٓ أَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَعْدَ ٱلصِّدْقِ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

    Those are the ones from whom We will accept the best of what they did and overlook their misdeeds, [their being] among the companions of Paradise. [That is] the promise of truth…

  • Quran 22:50 · Al-Hajjclose

    فَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَرِزْقٌ كَرِيمٌ

    And those who have believed and done righteous deeds - for them is forgiveness and noble provision.

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.

  • Al-Qasas 28:522 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ هُم بِهِۦ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ق-ب-لأ-ت-ي

  • At-Tawba 9:503 shared roots

    إِن تُصِبْكَ حَسَنَةٌ تَسُؤْهُمْ وَإِن تُصِبْكَ مُصِيبَةٌ يَقُولُوا۟ قَدْ أَخَذْنَآ أَمْرَنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَيَتَوَلَّوا۟ وَّهُمْ فَرِحُونَ

    ح-س-نأ-خ-ذق-ب-ل

  • Az-Zumar 39:554 shared roots

    وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَحْسَنَ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

    ح-س-نق-ب-لأ-ت-ير-ب-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:2013 shared roots

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَقُولُ رَبَّنَآ ءَاتِنَا فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ ٱلنَّارِ

    ح-س-نأ-ت-ير-ب-ب

  • An-Nahl 16:1222 shared roots

    وَءَاتَيْنَٰهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    ح-س-نأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:513 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ رُشْدَهُۥ مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا بِهِۦ عَٰلِمِينَ

    ق-ب-لأ-ت-يك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 51:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 51:16 include Quran 39:34 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 52:18 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 21:86 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 31:5 (Surah Luqman). For example, 39:34 reads: “They will have whatever they desire with their Lord. That is the reward of the doers of good -” 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 51:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 51:16 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat, The Winnowing Winds) reads: “Accepting what their Lord has given them. Indeed, they were before that doers of good.”

Which surah is verse 51:16 in?

Quran 51:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (The Winnowing Winds), chapter 51 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 60 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 51:16?

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