Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 4·Makkī

4

مِن فَإِذَا هُوَ ﴿٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 8 words

Recitation · 12 points across 5 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ghunnah2
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 29 letters · āyah 4 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 36:77 · Yaseenvery close

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ

    Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?

  • Quran 80:18 · Abasaclose

    مِنْ أَىِّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقَهُۥ

    From what substance did He create him?

  • Quran 18:37 · Al-Kahfclose

    قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا

    His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

  • Quran 80:19 · Abasaclose

    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

    From a sperm-drop He created him and destined for him;

  • Quran 53:46 · An-Najmclose

    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ

    From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

  • Quran 76:2 · Al-Insaanclose

    إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا

    Indeed, We created man from a sperm-drop mixture that We may try him; and We made him hearing and seeing.

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.

  • Yaseen 36:775 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ

    ن-ط-فخ-ص-مخ-ل-قأ-ن-سب-ي-ن

  • Abasa 80:192 shared roots

    مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُۥ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ

    ن-ط-فخ-ل-ق

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:32 shared roots

    خَلَقَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ

    خ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • Al-Insaan 76:23 shared roots

    إِنَّا خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ أَمْشَاجٍ نَّبْتَلِيهِ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُ سَمِيعًۢا بَصِيرًا

    ن-ط-فخ-ل-قأ-ن-س

  • An-Nisaa 4:1053 shared roots

    إِنَّآ أَنزَلْنَآ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِٱلْحَقِّ لِتَحْكُمَ بَيْنَ ٱلنَّاسِ بِمَآ أَرَىٰكَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَا تَكُن لِّلْخَآئِنِينَ خَصِيمًا

    خ-ص-مأ-ن-سب-ي-ن

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:182 shared roots

    أَوَمَن يُنَشَّؤُا۟ فِى ٱلْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِى ٱلْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبِينٍ

    خ-ص-مب-ي-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:4 include Quran 36:77 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 80:18 (Surah Abasa), Quran 18:37 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 80:19 (Surah Abasa). For example, 36:77 reads: “Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?” 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 16:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:4 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “He created man from a sperm-drop; then at once, he is a clear adversary.”

Which surah is verse 16:4 in?

Quran 16:4 is āyah 4 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 16:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.