Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 118·Makkī

118

وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مَا عَلَيْكَ مِن وَمَا وَلَٰكِن ﴿١١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before. And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

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این آیه به اموری اشاره دارد که در یه ۱۴۶ سورةٌ انعام آمده» می‌فرماید: «و بر یهودیان, هر حیوان ناخن‌داری (حیوانی مثل اسب که سم یکپارچه دارد) را حرام کردیم و از گاو و گوسفند. پیه و چربیشان را بر آنان تحصریم کردیم, مگر چربی‌هایی را که بر پشت آنها یا دو طرف پهلوهایشان قرار دارد یا آنها که با استخوان آمیخته است. این را به خاطر ستمی که می‌کردند. به آنها کیفر دادیم و ما راست می‌گوییم.» نیز در آیات +۰ و ۱۶۱ سورةٌ نساء می‌خوانیم: «به خاطر ظلمی که از یهود صادر شد و (نیز) به خاطر جلوگیری بسیار آنها از راه خداء بخشی از چیزهای پاکیزه را که بر آنها حلال بود. حرام کردیم و (همچنین) به خاطر ربا گرفتن, در حالی‌که از آن نهی شده بودند و خوردن اموال مردم به > **پانوشت صفحه (منابع):** > باطل ... 4 > ۱- المیزان» ج۰۱۲ ص ۳۷۶ > ۴ پیشین» ص ۴۴۴ > ۲- نمونه ج۱۱, ص ۴۳۵ > ۱- المیزان» ج۰۱۲ ص ۳۷۶ ۲ نمونه چ۱۱ ص ۴۳۵ ۳ پیشین» ص ۴۴۱ > ۳/۸۰ > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): Tafsīr Nemūneh, al-Mīzān.

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 · 7 roots in 8 of 15 words

Recitation · 22 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī13
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

15 words · 65 letters · āyah 118 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 4:160 · An-Nisaavery close

    فَبِظُلْمٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ طَيِّبَٰتٍ أُحِلَّتْ لَهُمْ وَبِصَدِّهِمْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَثِيرًا

    For wrongdoing on the part of the Jews, We made unlawful for them [certain] good foods which had been lawful to them, and for their averting from the way of Allah many [people],

  • Quran 6:146 · Al-An'aamclose

    وَعَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا كُلَّ ذِى ظُفُرٍ وَمِنَ ٱلْبَقَرِ وَٱلْغَنَمِ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ شُحُومَهُمَآ إِلَّا مَا حَمَلَتْ ظُهُورُهُمَآ أَوِ ٱلْحَوَايَآ أَوْ مَا ٱخْتَلَطَ بِعَظْمٍ ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَٰهُم بِبَغْيِهِمْ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ

    And to those who are Jews We prohibited every animal of uncloven hoof; and of the cattle and the sheep We prohibited to them their fat, except what adheres to their backs or the…

  • Quran 26:22 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    وَتِلْكَ نِعْمَةٌ تَمُنُّهَا عَلَىَّ أَنْ عَبَّدتَّ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    And is this a favor of which you remind me - that you have enslaved the Children of Israel?"

  • Quran 2:83 · Al-Baqaraclose

    وَإِذْ أَخَذْنَا مِيثَٰقَ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ لَا تَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ وَبِٱلْوَٰلِدَيْنِ إِحْسَانًا وَذِى ٱلْقُرْبَىٰ وَٱلْيَتَٰمَىٰ وَٱلْمَسَٰكِينِ وَقُولُوا۟ لِلنَّاسِ حُسْنًا وَأَقِيمُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَءَاتُوا۟ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ ثُمَّ تَوَلَّيْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا مِّنكُمْ وَأَنتُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

    And [recall] when We took the covenant from the Children of Israel, [enjoining upon them], "Do not worship except Allah; and to parents do good and to relatives, orphans, and the…

  • Quran 5:44 · Al-Maaidaclose

    إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَا ٱلتَّوْرَىٰةَ فِيهَا هُدًى وَنُورٌ يَحْكُمُ بِهَا ٱلنَّبِيُّونَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسْلَمُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ وَٱلرَّبَّٰنِيُّونَ وَٱلْأَحْبَارُ بِمَا ٱسْتُحْفِظُوا۟ مِن كِتَٰبِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ شُهَدَآءَ فَلَا تَخْشَوُا۟ ٱلنَّاسَ وَٱخْشَوْنِ وَلَا تَشْتَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِى ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا وَمَن لَّمْ يَحْكُم بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ

    Indeed, We sent down the Torah, in which was guidance and light. The prophets who submitted [to Allah] judged by it for the Jews, as did the rabbis and scholars by that with which…

  • Quran 11:101 · Hudclose

    وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ

    And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allah when there came the command of your…

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.

  • An-Nisaa 4:1642 shared roots

    وَرُسُلًا قَدْ قَصَصْنَٰهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلًا لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ وَكَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكْلِيمًا

    ق-ص-صق-ب-ل

  • An-Nisaa 4:1603 shared roots

    فَبِظُلْمٍ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَادُوا۟ حَرَّمْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ طَيِّبَٰتٍ أُحِلَّتْ لَهُمْ وَبِصَدِّهِمْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ كَثِيرًا

    ه-و-دح-ر-مظ-ل-م

  • Al-Baqara 2:1942 shared roots

    ٱلشَّهْرُ ٱلْحَرَامُ بِٱلشَّهْرِ ٱلْحَرَامِ وَٱلْحُرُمَٰتُ قِصَاصٌ فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ فَٱعْتَدُوا۟ عَلَيْهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا ٱعْتَدَىٰ عَلَيْكُمْ وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ

    ق-ص-صح-ر-م

  • Al-A'raaf 7:72 shared roots

    فَلَنَقُصَّنَّ عَلَيْهِم بِعِلْمٍ وَمَا كُنَّا غَآئِبِينَ

    ق-ص-صك-و-ن

  • Yusuf 12:33 shared roots

    نَحْنُ نَقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ أَحْسَنَ ٱلْقَصَصِ بِمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ وَإِن كُنتَ مِن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمِنَ ٱلْغَٰفِلِينَ

    ق-ص-صق-ب-لك-و-ن

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:762 shared roots

    وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوا۟ هُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:118?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:118 include Quran 4:160 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 6:146 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 26:22 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 2:83 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 4:160 reads: “For wrongdoing on the part of the Jews, We made unlawful for them [certain] good foods which had been lawful to them, and for their averting from the way of Allah many [people],” 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 16:118 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:118 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And to those who are Jews We have prohibited that which We related to you before. And We did not wrong them [thereby], but they were wronging themselves.”

Which surah is verse 16:118 in?

Quran 16:118 is āyah 118 of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), chapter 16 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 128 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 16:118?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 16:118 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 16:118?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:118 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.