Surah An-Naazi'aat · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

إِذْ ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,

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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 6 words

Rarest here: ط-و-ي — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 25 letters · āyah 16 of 46

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 20:25 · Taa-Haavery close

    قَالَ رَبِّ ٱشْرَحْ لِى صَدْرِى

    [Moses] said, "My Lord, expand for me my breast [with assurance]

  • Quran 20:83 · Taa-Haavery close

    وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    [Allah] said, "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"

  • Quran 7:143 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَ مُوسَىٰ لِمِيقَٰتِنَا وَكَلَّمَهُۥ رَبُّهُۥ قَالَ رَبِّ أَرِنِىٓ أَنظُرْ إِلَيْكَ قَالَ لَن تَرَىٰنِى وَلَٰكِنِ ٱنظُرْ إِلَى ٱلْجَبَلِ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَقَرَّ مَكَانَهُۥ فَسَوْفَ تَرَىٰنِى فَلَمَّا تَجَلَّىٰ رَبُّهُۥ لِلْجَبَلِ جَعَلَهُۥ دَكًّا وَخَرَّ مُوسَىٰ صَعِقًا فَلَمَّآ أَفَاقَ قَالَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ تُبْتُ إِلَيْكَ وَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    And when Moses arrived at Our appointed time and his Lord spoke to him, he said, "My Lord, show me [Yourself] that I may look at You." [Allah] said, "You will not see Me, but look…

  • Quran 20:57 · Taa-Haavery close

    قَالَ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا بِسِحْرِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    He said, "Have you come to us to drive us out of our land with your magic, O Moses?

  • Quran 26:17 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    أَنْ أَرْسِلْ مَعَنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    [Commanded to say], "Send with us the Children of Israel."'"

  • Quran 85:17 · Al-Buroojclose

    هَلْ أَتَىٰكَ حَدِيثُ ٱلْجُنُودِ

    Has there reached you the story of the soldiers -

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.

  • Taa-Haa 20:124 shared roots

    إِنِّىٓ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكَ فَٱخْلَعْ نَعْلَيْكَ إِنَّكَ بِٱلْوَادِ ٱلْمُقَدَّسِ طُوًى

    ط-و-يق-د-سو-د-ير-ب-ب

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:102 shared roots

    وَإِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبُّكَ مُوسَىٰٓ أَنِ ٱئْتِ ٱلْقَوْمَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ن-د-ير-ب-ب

  • Al-Qasas 28:303 shared roots

    فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ مِن شَٰطِئِ ٱلْوَادِ ٱلْأَيْمَنِ فِى ٱلْبُقْعَةِ ٱلْمُبَٰرَكَةِ مِنَ ٱلشَّجَرَةِ أَن يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّىٓ أَنَا ٱللَّهُ رَبُّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    و-د-ين-د-ير-ب-ب

  • Maryam 19:32 shared roots

    إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ نِدَآءً خَفِيًّا

    ن-د-ير-ب-ب

  • An-Nahl 16:1022 shared roots

    قُلْ نَزَّلَهُۥ رُوحُ ٱلْقُدُسِ مِن رَّبِّكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِيُثَبِّتَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَهُدًى وَبُشْرَىٰ لِلْمُسْلِمِينَ

    ق-د-سر-ب-ب

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:832 shared roots

    وَأَيُّوبَ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَسَّنِىَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرْحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

    ن-د-ير-ب-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 79:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 79:16 include Quran 20:25 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 20:83 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 7:143 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 20:57 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 20:25 reads: “[Moses] said, "My Lord, expand for me my breast [with assurance]” 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 79:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 79:16 (Surah An-Naazi'aat, Those who drag forth) reads: “When his Lord called to him in the sacred valley of Tuwa,”

Which surah is verse 79:16 in?

Quran 79:16 is āyah 16 of Surah An-Naazi'aat (Those who drag forth), chapter 79 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 46 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 79:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 79:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.