Surah Al-Lail · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

ٱلَّذِى ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Who had denied and turned away.

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 3 words

Recitation · 2 points across 1 rule family

  • Madd ṭabīʿī2

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 12 letters · āyah 16 of 21

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 7:45 · Al-A'raafclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَٰفِرُونَ

    Who averted [people] from the way of Allah and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they were, concerning the Hereafter, disbelievers.

  • Quran 37:162 · As-Saaffaatclose

    مَآ أَنتُمْ عَلَيْهِ بِفَٰتِنِينَ

    You cannot tempt [anyone] away from Him

  • Quran 87:12 · Al-A'laaclose

    ٱلَّذِى يَصْلَى ٱلنَّارَ ٱلْكُبْرَىٰ

    [He] who will [enter and] burn in the greatest Fire,

  • Quran 20:48 · Taa-Haaclose

    إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْنَآ أَنَّ ٱلْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    Indeed, it has been revealed to us that the punishment will be upon whoever denies and turns away.' "

  • Quran 19:72 · Maryamclose

    ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّنَذَرُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِيهَا جِثِيًّا

    Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.

  • Quran 37:9 · As-Saaffaatclose

    دُحُورًا وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ وَاصِبٌ

    Repelled; and for them is a constant punishment,

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-Qiyaama 75:322 shared roots

    وَلَٰكِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    و-ل-يك-ذ-ب

  • Al-Alaq 96:132 shared roots

    أَرَءَيْتَ إِن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰٓ

    و-ل-يك-ذ-ب

  • Taa-Haa 20:482 shared roots

    إِنَّا قَدْ أُوحِىَ إِلَيْنَآ أَنَّ ٱلْعَذَابَ عَلَىٰ مَن كَذَّبَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    و-ل-يك-ذ-ب

  • Al-Mujaadila 58:142 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا۟ قَوْمًا غَضِبَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مَّا هُم مِّنكُمْ وَلَا مِنْهُمْ وَيَحْلِفُونَ عَلَى ٱلْكَذِبِ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

    و-ل-يك-ذ-ب

  • Az-Zumar 39:32 shared roots

    أَلَا لِلَّهِ ٱلدِّينُ ٱلْخَالِصُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ مَا نَعْبُدُهُمْ إِلَّا لِيُقَرِّبُونَآ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ زُلْفَىٰٓ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَهُمْ فِى مَا هُمْ فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِى مَنْ هُوَ كَٰذِبٌ كَفَّارٌ

    و-ل-يك-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 92:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 92:16 include Quran 7:45 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 37:162 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 87:12 (Surah Al-A'laa), and Quran 20:48 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 7:45 reads: “Who averted [people] from the way of Allah and sought to make it [seem] deviant while they were, concerning the Hereafter, disbelievers.” 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 92:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 92:16 (Surah Al-Lail, The Night) reads: “Who had denied and turned away.”

Which surah is verse 92:16 in?

Quran 92:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Al-Lail (The Night), chapter 92 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 21 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 92:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 92:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.