Surah Luqman · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

إِنَّهَآ إِن مِّنْ فِى أَوْ فِى أَوْ فِى بِهَا إِنَّ ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[And Luqman said], "O my son, indeed if wrong should be the weight of a mustard seed and should be within a rock or [anywhere] in the heavens or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Indeed, Allah is Subtle and Acquainted.

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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 24 words

Rarest here: خ-ر-د-ل — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 28 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Ghunnah3
  • Ikhfāʾ7
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Heavy Allāh2

Commentary

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

Shape

24 words · 79 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 16 of 34

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.

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    وَلَوْلَآ إِذْ دَخَلْتَ جَنَّتَكَ قُلْتَ مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِٱللَّهِ إِن تَرَنِ أَنَا۠ أَقَلَّ مِنكَ مَالًا وَوَلَدًا

    And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allah willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allah '? Although you see me less than you in wealth and…

  • Quran 18:4 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَيُنذِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدًا

    And to warn those who say, "Allah has taken a son."

  • Quran 35:17 · Faatirclose

    وَمَا ذَٰلِكَ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ بِعَزِيزٍ

    And that is for Allah not difficult.

  • Quran 22:63 · Al-Hajjclose

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَتُصْبِحُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مُخْضَرَّةً إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ

    Do you not see that Allah has sent down rain from the sky and the earth becomes green? Indeed, Allah is Subtle and Acquainted.

  • Quran 12:96 · Yusufclose

    فَلَمَّآ أَن جَآءَ ٱلْبَشِيرُ أَلْقَىٰهُ عَلَىٰ وَجْهِهِۦ فَٱرْتَدَّ بَصِيرًا قَالَ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    And when the bearer of good tidings arrived, he cast it over his face, and he returned [once again] seeing. He said, "Did I not tell you that I know from Allah that which you do…

  • Quran 3:40 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    قَالَ رَبِّ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌ وَقَدْ بَلَغَنِىَ ٱلْكِبَرُ وَٱمْرَأَتِى عَاقِرٌ قَالَ كَذَٰلِكَ ٱللَّهُ يَفْعَلُ مَا يَشَآءُ

    He said, "My Lord, how will I have a boy when I have reached old age and my wife is barren?" The angel said, "Such is Allah; He does what He wills."

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.

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    أَلَا يَعْلَمُ مَنْ خَلَقَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    ل-ط-فخ-ب-ر

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:475 shared roots

    وَنَضَعُ ٱلْمَوَٰزِينَ ٱلْقِسْطَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ فَلَا تُظْلَمُ نَفْسٌ شَيْـًٔا وَإِن كَانَ مِثْقَالَ حَبَّةٍ مِّنْ خَرْدَلٍ أَتَيْنَا بِهَا وَكَفَىٰ بِنَا حَٰسِبِينَ

    خ-ر-د-لث-ق-لح-ب-بأ-ت-يك-و-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:1032 shared roots

    لَّا تُدْرِكُهُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرُ وَهُوَ يُدْرِكُ ٱلْأَبْصَٰرَ وَهُوَ ٱللَّطِيفُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    ل-ط-فخ-ب-ر

  • Al-Hajj 22:635 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً فَتُصْبِحُ ٱلْأَرْضُ مُخْضَرَّةً إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَطِيفٌ خَبِيرٌ

    ل-ط-فخ-ب-رس-م-وأ-ر-ضأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:344 shared roots

    وَٱذْكُرْنَ مَا يُتْلَىٰ فِى بُيُوتِكُنَّ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلْحِكْمَةِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ لَطِيفًا خَبِيرًا

    ل-ط-فخ-ب-رك-و-نأ-ل-ه

  • Az-Zalzala 99:22 shared roots

    وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

    ث-ق-لأ-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 31:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 31:16 include Quran 18:39 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 18:4 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 35:17 (Surah Faatir), and Quran 22:63 (Surah Al-Hajj). For example, 18:39 reads: “And why did you, when you entered your garden, not say, 'What Allah willed [has occurred]; there is no power except in Allah '? Although you see me less than you in wealth and…” 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 31:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 31:16 (Surah Luqman, Luqman) reads: “[And Luqman said], "O my son, indeed if wrong should be the weight of a mustard seed and should be within a rock or [anywhere] in the heavens or in the earth, Allah will bring it forth. Indeed, Allah is Subtle and Acquainted.”

Which surah is verse 31:16 in?

Quran 31:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Luqman (Luqman), chapter 31 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 34 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 31:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 31:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.