Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

أَفَمَن كَمَن لَّا أَفَلَا ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?

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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 3 of 7 words

Recitation · 6 points across 3 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 27 letters · āyah 17 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 19:67 · Maryamvery close

    أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا

    Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?

  • Quran 67:14 · Al-Mulkvery close

    أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    Does He who created not know, while He is the Subtle, the Acquainted?

  • Quran 90:4 · Al-Baladclose

    لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

    We have certainly created man into hardship.

  • Quran 82:8 · Al-Infitaarclose

    فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ

    In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

  • Quran 36:81 · Yaseenclose

    أَوَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    Is not He who created the heavens and the earth Able to create the likes of them? Yes, [it is so]; and He is the Knowing Creator.

  • Quran 86:5 · At-Taariqclose

    فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

    So let man observe from what he was created.

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.

  • Maryam 19:672 shared roots

    أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا

    خ-ل-قذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Lail 92:32 shared roots

    وَمَا خَلَقَ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰٓ

    خ-ل-قذ-ك-ر

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:492 shared roots

    وَمِن كُلِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَا زَوْجَيْنِ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَذَكَّرُونَ

    خ-ل-قذ-ك-ر

  • An-Najm 53:452 shared roots

    وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ

    خ-ل-قذ-ك-ر

  • Ash-Shura 42:492 shared roots

    لِّلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ يَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ إِنَٰثًا وَيَهَبُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ٱلذُّكُورَ

    خ-ل-قذ-ك-ر

  • Faatir 35:32 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ٱذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ هَلْ مِنْ خَٰلِقٍ غَيْرُ ٱللَّهِ يَرْزُقُكُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّىٰ تُؤْفَكُونَ

    خ-ل-قذ-ك-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:17 include Quran 19:67 (Surah Maryam), Quran 67:14 (Surah Al-Mulk), Quran 90:4 (Surah Al-Balad), and Quran 82:8 (Surah Al-Infitaar). For example, 19:67 reads: “Does man not remember that We created him before, while he was nothing?” 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 16:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:17 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “Then is He who creates like one who does not create? So will you not be reminded?”

Which surah is verse 16:17 in?

Quran 16:17 is āyah 17 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 16:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.