Surah Faatir · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

إِن ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

If He wills, He can do away with you and bring forth a new creation.

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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 6 words

Rarest here: ج-د-د — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 4 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 23 letters · āyah 16 of 45

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 4:133 · An-Nisaavery close

    إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَيَأْتِ بِـَٔاخَرِينَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ قَدِيرًا

    If He wills, He can do away with you, O people, and bring others [in your place]. And ever is Allah competent to do that.

  • Quran 71:18 · Noohclose

    ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا

    Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

  • Quran 6:41 · Al-An'aamclose

    بَلْ إِيَّاهُ تَدْعُونَ فَيَكْشِفُ مَا تَدْعُونَ إِلَيْهِ إِن شَآءَ وَتَنسَوْنَ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ

    No, it is Him [alone] you would invoke, and He would remove that for which you invoked Him if He willed, and you would forget what you associate [with Him].

  • Quran 84:10 · Al-Inshiqaaqclose

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِىَ كِتَٰبَهُۥ وَرَآءَ ظَهْرِهِۦ

    But as for he who is given his record behind his back,

  • Quran 56:61 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    عَلَىٰٓ أَن نُّبَدِّلَ أَمْثَٰلَكُمْ وَنُنشِئَكُمْ فِى مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    In that We will change your likenesses and produce you in that [form] which you do not know.

  • Quran 26:35 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

    He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"

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.

  • Ibrahim 14:195 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِٱلْحَقِّ إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ وَيَأْتِ بِخَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

    ج-د-دذ-ه-بخ-ل-قش-ي-أأ-ت-ي

  • As-Sajda 32:102 shared roots

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا ضَلَلْنَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَءِنَّا لَفِى خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍۭ بَلْ هُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّهِمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ج-د-دخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Israa 17:492 shared roots

    وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

    ج-د-دخ-ل-ق

  • Qaaf 50:152 shared roots

    أَفَعَيِينَا بِٱلْخَلْقِ ٱلْأَوَّلِ بَلْ هُمْ فِى لَبْسٍ مِّنْ خَلْقٍ جَدِيدٍ

    ج-د-دخ-ل-ق

  • An-Nisaa 4:1333 shared roots

    إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَيَأْتِ بِـَٔاخَرِينَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ قَدِيرًا

    ذ-ه-بش-ي-أأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Israa 17:982 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ جَزَآؤُهُم بِأَنَّهُمْ كَفَرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَقَالُوٓا۟ أَءِذَا كُنَّا عِظَٰمًا وَرُفَٰتًا أَءِنَّا لَمَبْعُوثُونَ خَلْقًا جَدِيدًا

    ج-د-دخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 35:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 35:16 include Quran 4:133 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 71:18 (Surah Nooh), Quran 6:41 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 84:10 (Surah Al-Inshiqaaq). For example, 4:133 reads: “If He wills, He can do away with you, O people, and bring others [in your place]. And ever is Allah competent to do that.” 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 35:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 35:16 (Surah Faatir, The Originator) reads: “If He wills, He can do away with you and bring forth a new creation.”

Which surah is verse 35:16 in?

Quran 35:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Faatir (The Originator), chapter 35 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 45 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 35:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 35:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.