Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 117·Makkī

117

وَلَهُمْ ﴿١١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment.

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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

Recitation · 8 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 19 letters · āyah 117 of 128

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 59:15 · Al-Hashrvery close

    كَمَثَلِ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قَرِيبًا ذَاقُوا۟ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهِمْ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    [Theirs is] like the example of those shortly before them: they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.

  • Quran 31:24 · Luqmanvery close

    نُمَتِّعُهُمْ قَلِيلًا ثُمَّ نَضْطَرُّهُمْ إِلَىٰ عَذَابٍ غَلِيظٍ

    We grant them enjoyment for a little; then We will force them to a massive punishment.

  • Quran 27:5 · An-Namlclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

    Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

  • Quran 32:21 · As-Sajdaclose

    وَلَنُذِيقَنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَدْنَىٰ دُونَ ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلْأَكْبَرِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

    And we will surely let them taste the nearer punishment short of the greater punishment that perhaps they will repent.

  • Quran 10:97 · Yunusclose

    وَلَوْ جَآءَتْهُمْ كُلُّ ءَايَةٍ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

    Even if every sign should come to them, until they see the painful punishment.

  • Quran 23:64 · Al-Muminoonclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَآ أَخَذْنَا مُتْرَفِيهِم بِٱلْعَذَابِ إِذَا هُمْ يَجْـَٔرُونَ

    Until when We seize their affluent ones with punishment, at once they are crying [to Allah] for help.

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 16:117?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:117 include Quran 59:15 (Surah Al-Hashr), Quran 31:24 (Surah Luqman), Quran 27:5 (Surah An-Naml), and Quran 32:21 (Surah As-Sajda). For example, 59:15 reads: “[Theirs is] like the example of those shortly before them: they tasted the bad consequence of their affair, and they will have a painful punishment.” 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 16:117 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:117 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “[It is but] a brief enjoyment, and they will have a painful punishment.”

Which surah is verse 16:117 in?

Quran 16:117 is āyah 117 of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), chapter 16 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 128 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 16:117?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:117 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.