Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 5·Makkī

5

لَكُمْ فِيهَا وَمِنْهَا ﴿٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And the grazing livestock He has created for you; in them is warmth and [numerous] benefits, and from them you eat.

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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

Rarest here: د-ف-أ used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 38 letters · āyah 5 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.

  • ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    It is Allah who made for you the grazing animals upon which you ride, and some of them you eat.

  • وَٱلْجِبَالَ أَرْسَىٰهَا

    And the mountains He set firmly

  • وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ لَعِبْرَةً نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    And indeed, for you in livestock is a lesson. We give you drink from that which is in their bellies, and for you in them are numerous benefits, and from them you eat.

  • كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَٰمَكُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

    Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed, in that are signs for those of intelligence.

  • وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنۢ بُيُوتِكُمْ سَكَنًا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّن جُلُودِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بُيُوتًا تَسْتَخِفُّونَهَا يَوْمَ ظَعْنِكُمْ وَيَوْمَ إِقَامَتِكُمْ وَمِنْ أَصْوَافِهَا وَأَوْبَارِهَا وَأَشْعَارِهَآ أَثَٰثًا وَمَتَٰعًا إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

    And Allah has made for you from your homes a place of rest and made for you from the hides of the animals tents which you find light on your day of travel and your day of…

  • أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَٰمٍ وَبَنِينَ

    Provided you with grazing livestock and children

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-Muminoon 23:213 shared roots

    وَإِنَّ لَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ لَعِبْرَةً نُّسْقِيكُم مِّمَّا فِى بُطُونِهَا وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَنَٰفِعُ كَثِيرَةٌ وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    ن-ف-عأ-ك-لن-ع-م

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:792 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمَ لِتَرْكَبُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَمِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ

    أ-ك-لن-ع-م

  • Al-Hajj 22:283 shared roots

    لِّيَشْهَدُوا۟ مَنَٰفِعَ لَهُمْ وَيَذْكُرُوا۟ ٱسْمَ ٱللَّهِ فِىٓ أَيَّامٍ مَّعْلُومَٰتٍ عَلَىٰ مَا رَزَقَهُم مِّنۢ بَهِيمَةِ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ فَكُلُوا۟ مِنْهَا وَأَطْعِمُوا۟ ٱلْبَآئِسَ ٱلْفَقِيرَ

    ن-ف-عأ-ك-لن-ع-م

  • Taa-Haa 20:542 shared roots

    كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَٰمَكُمْ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَٰتٍ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلنُّهَىٰ

    أ-ك-لن-ع-م

  • Yaseen 36:712 shared roots

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَا لَهُم مِّمَّا عَمِلَتْ أَيْدِينَآ أَنْعَٰمًا فَهُمْ لَهَا مَٰلِكُونَ

    ن-ع-مخ-ل-ق

  • An-Nahl 16:1142 shared roots

    فَكُلُوا۟ مِمَّا رَزَقَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ حَلَٰلًا طَيِّبًا وَٱشْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَتَ ٱللَّهِ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    أ-ك-لن-ع-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:5?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:5 include Quran 40:79 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), Quran 79:32 (Surah An-Naazi'aat), Quran 23:21 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 20:54 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 40:79 reads: “It is Allah who made for you the grazing animals upon which you ride, and some of them you eat.” 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 16:5 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:5 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And the grazing livestock He has created for you; in them is warmth and [numerous] benefits, and from them you eat.”

Which surah is verse 16:5 in?

Quran 16:5 is āyah 5 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 16:5?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:5 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.