Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 34·Makkī

34

مَا بِهِم مَّا بِهِۦ ﴿٣٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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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 10 words

Rarest here: ح-ي-ق 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 43 letters · āyah 34 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.

  • وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • فَأَصَابَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ سَيُصِيبُهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَمَا هُم بِمُعْجِزِينَ

    And the evil consequences of what they earned struck them. And those who have wronged of these [people] will be afflicted by the evil consequences of what they earned; and they…

  • وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And already were messengers ridiculed before you, but those who mocked them were enveloped by that which they used to ridicule.

  • ثُمَّ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَسَٰٓـُٔوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓأَىٰٓ أَن كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَكَانُوا۟ بِهَا يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    Then the end of those who did evil was the worst [consequence] because they denied the signs of Allah and used to ridicule them.

  • كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

    They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.

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.

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:335 shared roots

    وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ح-ي-قه-ز-أس-و-أع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Az-Zumar 39:484 shared roots

    وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ح-ي-قه-ز-أس-و-أك-و-ن

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:413 shared roots

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ح-ي-قه-ز-أك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:103 shared roots

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَحَاقَ بِٱلَّذِينَ سَخِرُوا۟ مِنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ح-ي-قه-ز-أك-و-ن

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:833 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ فَرِحُوا۟ بِمَا عِندَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْعِلْمِ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ح-ي-قه-ز-أك-و-ن

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:452 shared roots

    فَوَقَىٰهُ ٱللَّهُ سَيِّـَٔاتِ مَا مَكَرُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِـَٔالِ فِرْعَوْنَ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ

    ح-ي-قس-و-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:34?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:34 include Quran 39:48 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 45:33 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), Quran 39:51 (Surah Az-Zumar), and Quran 6:10 (Surah Al-An'aam). For example, 39:48 reads: “And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.” 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 16:34 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:34 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “So they were struck by the evil consequences of what they did and were enveloped by what they used to ridicule.”

Which surah is verse 16:34 in?

Quran 16:34 is āyah 34 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 16:34?

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