Surah Fussilat · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

عَلَيْهِمْ فِىٓ فِى وَهُمْ لَا ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.

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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 · 12 roots in 14 of 19 words

Rarest here: ن-ح-س — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 33 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī15
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Light rāʾ4
  • Ikhfāʾ6
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah4

Commentary

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

Shape

19 words · 90 letters · āyah 16 of 54

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 54:19 · Al-Qamarvery close

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِى يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

    Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,

  • Quran 21:46 · Al-Anbiyaavery close

    وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

  • Quran 10:70 · Yunusvery close

    مَتَٰعٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُهُمْ ثُمَّ نُذِيقُهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلشَّدِيدَ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَكْفُرُونَ

    [For them is brief] enjoyment in this world; then to Us is their return; then We will make them taste the severe punishment because they used to disbelieve

  • Quran 45:33 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    And the evil consequences of what they did will appear to them, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

  • Quran 29:34 · Al-Ankabootclose

    إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient."

  • Quran 27:5 · An-Namlclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

    Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 41:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 41:16 include Quran 54:19 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 21:46 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 10:70 (Surah Yunus), and Quran 45:33 (Surah Al-Jaathiya). For example, 54:19 reads: “Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,” 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 41:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 41:16 (Surah Fussilat, Explained in detail) reads: “So We sent upon them a screaming wind during days of misfortune to make them taste the punishment of disgrace in the worldly life; but the punishment of the Hereafter is more disgracing, and they will not be helped.”

Which surah is verse 41:16 in?

Quran 41:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Fussilat (Explained in detail), chapter 41 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 54 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 41:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 41:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.