Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 70·Makkī

70

ثُمَّ وَمِنكُم مَّن إِلَىٰٓ لِكَىْ لَا إِنَّ ﴿٧٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And Allah created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Competent.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

نامطلوب‌ترین سنین بالای عمر

به درستی نمی‌توان سنی را برای این توصیف مشخص کرد؛ زیرا زمان از بین رفتن قوای ادراکی بدن و شروع فراموشی» به میزان قدرت سلامت بدنی افراد بستگی دارد؛ اما غالبا از سن هفتاد و پنج سالگی شروع می‌شود. بعضی از روایات نیز این موضوع را تأیید می‌کند.

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 · 10 roots in 13 of 20 words

Rarest here: ر-ذ-ل — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 24 points across 7 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Ghunnah3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ5
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

20 words · 74 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 70 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 39:6 · Az-Zumarvery close

    خَلَقَكُم مِّن نَّفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنْهَا زَوْجَهَا وَأَنزَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ ثَمَٰنِيَةَ أَزْوَٰجٍ يَخْلُقُكُمْ فِى بُطُونِ أُمَّهَٰتِكُمْ خَلْقًا مِّنۢ بَعْدِ خَلْقٍ فِى ظُلُمَٰتٍ ثَلَٰثٍ ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱللَّهُ رَبُّكُمْ لَهُ ٱلْمُلْكُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ فَأَنَّىٰ تُصْرَفُونَ

    He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation…

  • Quran 30:54 · Ar-Roomvery close

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفًا وَشَيْبَةً يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ

    Allah is the one who created you from weakness, then made after weakness strength, then made after strength weakness and white hair. He creates what He wills, and He is the…

  • Quran 30:40 · Ar-Roomvery close

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ رَزَقَكُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيتُكُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيكُمْ هَلْ مِن شُرَكَآئِكُم مَّن يَفْعَلُ مِن ذَٰلِكُم مِّن شَىْءٍ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ عَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    Allah is the one who created you, then provided for you, then will cause you to die, and then will give you life. Are there any of your "partners" who does anything of that?…

  • Quran 31:28 · Luqmanvery close

    مَّا خَلْقُكُمْ وَلَا بَعْثُكُمْ إِلَّا كَنَفْسٍ وَٰحِدَةٍ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

    Your creation and your resurrection will not be but as that of a single soul. Indeed, Allah is Hearing and Seeing.

  • Quran 64:2 · At-Taghaabunvery close

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُمْ فَمِنكُمْ كَافِرٌ وَمِنكُم مُّؤْمِنٌ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

    It is He who created you, and among you is the disbeliever, and among you is the believer. And Allah, of what you do, is Seeing.

  • Quran 42:3 · Ash-Shuravery close

    كَذَٰلِكَ يُوحِىٓ إِلَيْكَ وَإِلَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِكَ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    Thus has He revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and to those before you - Allah, 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.

  • Al-Hajj 22:55 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِن كُنتُمْ فِى رَيْبٍ مِّنَ ٱلْبَعْثِ فَإِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰكُم مِّن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ مِنْ عَلَقَةٍ ثُمَّ مِن مُّضْغَةٍ مُّخَلَّقَةٍ وَغَيْرِ مُخَلَّقَةٍ لِّنُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ وَنُقِرُّ فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ مَا نَشَآءُ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ثُمَّ نُخْرِجُكُمْ طِفْلًا ثُمَّ لِتَبْلُغُوٓا۟ أَشُدَّكُمْ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُتَوَفَّىٰ وَمِنكُم مَّن يُرَدُّ إِلَىٰٓ أَرْذَلِ ٱلْعُمُرِ لِكَيْلَا يَعْلَمَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ عِلْمٍ شَيْـًٔا وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَآءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنۢبَتَتْ مِن كُلِّ زَوْجٍۭ بَهِيجٍ

    ر-ذ-لع-م-رر-د-دو-ف-يخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Qamar 54:493 shared roots

    إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

    ق-د-رخ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Al-Mursalaat 77:222 shared roots

    إِلَىٰ قَدَرٍ مَّعْلُومٍ

    ق-د-رع-ل-م

  • Yaseen 36:682 shared roots

    وَمَن نُّعَمِّرْهُ نُنَكِّسْهُ فِى ٱلْخَلْقِ أَفَلَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    ع-م-رخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:392 shared roots

    كَلَّآ إِنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُم مِّمَّا يَعْلَمُونَ

    خ-ل-قع-ل-م

  • Ar-Room 30:545 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن ضَعْفٍ ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ضَعْفٍ قُوَّةً ثُمَّ جَعَلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ قُوَّةٍ ضَعْفًا وَشَيْبَةً يَخْلُقُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَلِيمُ ٱلْقَدِيرُ

    ق-د-رخ-ل-قب-ع-دش-ي-أع-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:70?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:70 include Quran 39:6 (Surah Az-Zumar), Quran 30:54 (Surah Ar-Room), Quran 30:40 (Surah Ar-Room), and Quran 31:28 (Surah Luqman). For example, 39:6 reads: “He created you from one soul. Then He made from it its mate, and He produced for you from the grazing livestock eight mates. He creates you in the wombs of your mothers, creation…” 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 16:70 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:70 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And Allah created you; then He will take you in death. And among you is he who is reversed to the most decrepit [old] age so that he will not know, after [having had] knowledge, a thing. Indeed, Allah is Knowing and Competent.”

Which surah is verse 16:70 in?

Quran 16:70 is āyah 70 of Surah An-Nahl (The Bee), chapter 16 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 128 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 16:70?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 16:70 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 16:70?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:70 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.