Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 121·Makkī

121

إِلَىٰ ﴿١٢١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[He was] grateful for His favors. Allah chose him and guided him to a straight path.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 7 words

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 34 letters · āyah 121 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 15:41 · Al-Hijrclose

    قَالَ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ عَلَىَّ مُسْتَقِيمٌ

    [Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.

  • Quran 10:25 · Yunusclose

    وَٱللَّهُ يَدْعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ دَارِ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    And Allah invites to the Home of Peace and guides whom He wills to a straight path

  • Quran 5:16 · Al-Maaidaclose

    يَهْدِى بِهِ ٱللَّهُ مَنِ ٱتَّبَعَ رِضْوَٰنَهُۥ سُبُلَ ٱلسَّلَٰمِ وَيُخْرِجُهُم مِّنَ ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ إِلَى ٱلنُّورِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَيَهْدِيهِمْ إِلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍ مُّسْتَقِيمٍ

    By which Allah guides those who pursue His pleasure to the ways of peace and brings them out from darknesses into the light, by His permission, and guides them to a straight path.

  • Quran 43:64 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

    Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

  • Quran 20:122 · Taa-Haaclose

    ثُمَّ ٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَتَابَ عَلَيْهِ وَهَدَىٰ

    Then his Lord chose him and turned to him in forgiveness and guided [him].

  • Quran 76:3 · Al-Insaanclose

    إِنَّا هَدَيْنَٰهُ ٱلسَّبِيلَ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا

    Indeed, We guided him to the way, be he grateful or be he ungrateful.

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 16:121?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:121 include Quran 15:41 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 10:25 (Surah Yunus), Quran 5:16 (Surah Al-Maaida), and Quran 43:64 (Surah Az-Zukhruf). For example, 15:41 reads: “[Allah] said, "This is a path [of return] to Me [that is] straight.” 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 16:121 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:121 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “[He was] grateful for His favors. Allah chose him and guided him to a straight path.”

Which surah is verse 16:121 in?

Quran 16:121 is āyah 121 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 16:121?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:121 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.