Surah Al-Haaqqa · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

فَهِىَ ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 5 words

Rarest here: و-ه-ي — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 4 points across 3 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 25 letters · āyah 16 of 52

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 25:25 · Al-Furqaanvery close

    وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا

    And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.

  • Quran 84:2 · Al-Inshiqaaqclose

    وَأَذِنَتْ لِرَبِّهَا وَحُقَّتْ

    And has responded to its Lord and was obligated [to do so]

  • Quran 55:37 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ

    And when the heaven is split open and becomes rose-colored like oil -

  • Quran 52:10 · At-Turclose

    وَتَسِيرُ ٱلْجِبَالُ سَيْرًا

    And the mountains will pass on, departing -

  • Quran 52:8 · At-Turclose

    مَّا لَهُۥ مِن دَافِعٍ

    Of it there is no preventer.

  • Quran 77:8 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    فَإِذَا ٱلنُّجُومُ طُمِسَتْ

    So when the stars are obliterated

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-Inshiqaaq 84:12 shared roots

    إِذَا ٱلسَّمَآءُ ٱنشَقَّتْ

    ش-ق-قس-م-و

  • Al-Furqaan 25:253 shared roots

    وَيَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ بِٱلْغَمَٰمِ وَنُزِّلَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ تَنزِيلًا

    ش-ق-قس-م-وي-و-م

  • An-Nahl 16:272 shared roots

    ثُمَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ يُخْزِيهِمْ وَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ شُرَكَآءِىَ ٱلَّذِينَ كُنتُمْ تُشَٰٓقُّونَ فِيهِمْ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْعِلْمَ إِنَّ ٱلْخِزْىَ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَٱلسُّوٓءَ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    ش-ق-قي-و-م

  • Qaaf 50:442 shared roots

    يَوْمَ تَشَقَّقُ ٱلْأَرْضُ عَنْهُمْ سِرَاعًا ذَٰلِكَ حَشْرٌ عَلَيْنَا يَسِيرٌ

    ش-ق-قي-و-م

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:372 shared roots

    فَإِذَا ٱنشَقَّتِ ٱلسَّمَآءُ فَكَانَتْ وَرْدَةً كَٱلدِّهَانِ

    ش-ق-قس-م-و

  • Maryam 19:902 shared roots

    تَكَادُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتُ يَتَفَطَّرْنَ مِنْهُ وَتَنشَقُّ ٱلْأَرْضُ وَتَخِرُّ ٱلْجِبَالُ هَدًّا

    ش-ق-قس-م-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 69:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 69:16 include Quran 25:25 (Surah Al-Furqaan), Quran 84:2 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq), Quran 55:37 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), and Quran 52:10 (Surah At-Tur). For example, 25:25 reads: “And [mention] the Day when the heaven will split open with [emerging] clouds, and the angels will be sent down in successive descent.” 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 69:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 69:16 (Surah Al-Haaqqa, The Reality) reads: “And the heaven will split [open], for that Day it is infirm.”

Which surah is verse 69:16 in?

Quran 69:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Al-Haaqqa (The Reality), chapter 69 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 52 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 69:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 69:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.