Surah Al-A'raaf · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

فَبِمَآ لَهُمْ ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 7 words

Recitation · 9 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 35 letters · āyah 16 of 206

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 15:39 · Al-Hijrvery close

    قَالَ رَبِّ بِمَآ أَغْوَيْتَنِى لَأُزَيِّنَنَّ لَهُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَأُغْوِيَنَّهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    [Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all

  • Quran 50:24 · Qaafclose

    أَلْقِيَا فِى جَهَنَّمَ كُلَّ كَفَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

    [Allah will say], "Throw into Hell every obstinate disbeliever,

  • Quran 20:123 · Taa-Haaclose

    قَالَ ٱهْبِطَا مِنْهَا جَمِيعًۢا بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُم مِّنِّى هُدًى فَمَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ هُدَاىَ فَلَا يَضِلُّ وَلَا يَشْقَىٰ

    [Allah] said, "Descend from Paradise - all, [your descendants] being enemies to one another. And if there should come to you guidance from Me - then whoever follows My guidance…

  • Quran 23:99 · Al-Muminoonclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَحَدَهُمُ ٱلْمَوْتُ قَالَ رَبِّ ٱرْجِعُونِ

    [For such is the state of the disbelievers], until, when death comes to one of them, he says, "My Lord, send me back

  • Quran 25:29 · Al-Furqaanclose

    لَّقَدْ أَضَلَّنِى عَنِ ٱلذِّكْرِ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَنِى وَكَانَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لِلْإِنسَٰنِ خَذُولًا

    He led me away from the remembrance after it had come to me. And ever is Satan, to man, a deserter."

  • Quran 20:84 · Taa-Haaclose

    قَالَ هُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ عَلَىٰٓ أَثَرِى وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰ

    He said, "They are close upon my tracks, and I hastened to You, my Lord, that You be pleased."

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 7:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 7:16 include Quran 15:39 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 50:24 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 20:123 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 23:99 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 15:39 reads: “[Iblees] said, "My Lord, because You have put me in error, I will surely make [disobedience] attractive to them on earth, and I will mislead them all” 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 7:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 7:16 (Surah Al-A'raaf, The Heights) reads: “[Satan] said, "Because You have put me in error, I will surely sit in wait for them on Your straight path.”

Which surah is verse 7:16 in?

Quran 7:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), chapter 7 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 206 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 7:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 7:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.