Surah An-Nahl · Ayah 85·Makkī

85

وَإِذَا ٱلَّذِينَ فَلَا عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ ﴿٨٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

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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 11 words

Recitation · 15 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 45 letters · āyah 85 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 30:57 · Ar-Roomvery close

    فَيَوْمَئِذٍ لَّا يَنفَعُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُسْتَعْتَبُونَ

    So that Day, their excuse will not benefit those who wronged, nor will they be asked to appease [Allah].

  • Quran 42:42 · Ash-Shuraclose

    إِنَّمَا ٱلسَّبِيلُ عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ يَظْلِمُونَ ٱلنَّاسَ وَيَبْغُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.

  • Quran 52:47 · At-Turclose

    وَإِنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ عَذَابًا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    And indeed, for those who have wronged is a punishment before that, but most of them do not know.

  • Quran 27:85 · An-Namlclose

    وَوَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

    And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.

  • Quran 43:39 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَلَن يَنفَعَكُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِذ ظَّلَمْتُمْ أَنَّكُمْ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ

    And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.

  • Quran 26:201 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

    They will not believe in it until they see the painful punishment.

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:883 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    خ-ف-فن-ظ-رع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:1623 shared roots

    خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    خ-ف-فن-ظ-رع-ذ-ب

  • Al-A'raaf 7:92 shared roots

    وَمَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَظْلِمُونَ

    خ-ف-فظ-ل-م

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:492 shared roots

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى ٱلنَّارِ لِخَزَنَةِ جَهَنَّمَ ٱدْعُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ يُخَفِّفْ عَنَّا يَوْمًا مِّنَ ٱلْعَذَابِ

    خ-ف-فع-ذ-ب

  • Faatir 35:362 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَهُمْ نَارُ جَهَنَّمَ لَا يُقْضَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ فَيَمُوتُوا۟ وَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُم مِّنْ عَذَابِهَا كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى كُلَّ كَفُورٍ

    خ-ف-فع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Baqara 2:862 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلْحَيَوٰةَ ٱلدُّنْيَا بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    خ-ف-فع-ذ-ب

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 16:85?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 16:85 include Quran 30:57 (Surah Ar-Room), Quran 42:42 (Surah Ash-Shura), Quran 52:47 (Surah At-Tur), and Quran 27:85 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 30:57 reads: “So that Day, their excuse will not benefit those who wronged, nor will they be asked to appease [Allah].” 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 16:85 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 16:85 (Surah An-Nahl, The Bee) reads: “And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.”

Which surah is verse 16:85 in?

Quran 16:85 is āyah 85 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 16:85?

Tartīl presents Quran 16:85 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.