Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

وَإِن لَا إِنَّ ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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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 7 of 10 words

Recitation · 14 points across 6 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 39 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 18 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 4:96 · An-Nisaavery close

    دَرَجَٰتٍ مِّنْهُ وَمَغْفِرَةً وَرَحْمَةً وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

    Degrees [of high position] from Him and forgiveness and mercy. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

  • Quran 24:20 · An-Noorvery close

    وَلَوْلَا فَضْلُ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَرَحْمَتُهُۥ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    And if it had not been for the favor of Allah upon you and His mercy... and because Allah is Kind and Merciful.

  • Quran 1:2 · Al-Faatihavery close

    ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -

  • Quran 14:34 · Ibrahimvery close

    وَءَاتَىٰكُم مِّن كُلِّ مَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُ وَإِن تَعُدُّوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَظَلُومٌ كَفَّارٌ

    And He gave you from all you asked of Him. And if you should count the favor of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, mankind is [generally] most unjust and ungrateful.

  • Quran 2:225 · Al-Baqaravery close

    لَّا يُؤَاخِذُكُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِٱللَّغْوِ فِىٓ أَيْمَٰنِكُمْ وَلَٰكِن يُؤَاخِذُكُم بِمَا كَسَبَتْ قُلُوبُكُمْ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ

    Allah does not impose blame upon you for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He imposes blame upon you for what your hearts have earned. And Allah is Forgiving and Forbearing.

  • Quran 64:18 · At-Taghaabunvery close

    عَٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ وَٱلشَّهَٰدَةِ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    Knower of the unseen and the witnessed, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

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 19:942 shared roots

    لَّقَدْ أَحْصَىٰهُمْ وَعَدَّهُمْ عَدًّا

    ح-ص-يع-د-د

  • Ibrahim 14:344 shared roots

    وَءَاتَىٰكُم مِّن كُلِّ مَا سَأَلْتُمُوهُ وَإِن تَعُدُّوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ لَا تُحْصُوهَآ إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَظَلُومٌ كَفَّارٌ

    ح-ص-يع-د-دن-ع-مأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Jinn 72:282 shared roots

    لِّيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا۟ رِسَٰلَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عَدَدًۢا

    ح-ص-يع-د-د

  • An-Nisaa 4:1063 shared roots

    وَٱسْتَغْفِرِ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

    غ-ف-رر-ح-مأ-ل-ه

  • Yusuf 12:982 shared roots

    قَالَ سَوْفَ أَسْتَغْفِرُ لَكُمْ رَبِّىٓ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْغَفُورُ ٱلرَّحِيمُ

    غ-ف-رر-ح-م

  • Fussilat 41:322 shared roots

    نُزُلًا مِّنْ غَفُورٍ رَّحِيمٍ

    غ-ف-رر-ح-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:18 include Quran 4:96 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 24:20 (Surah An-Noor), Quran 1:2 (Surah Al-Faatiha), and Quran 14:34 (Surah Ibrahim). For example, 4:96 reads: “Degrees [of high position] from Him and forgiveness and mercy. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.” 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 16:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:18 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And if you should count the favors of Allah, you could not enumerate them. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.”

Which surah is verse 16:18 in?

Quran 16:18 is āyah 18 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 16:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.