Surah Maryam · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

فِى مَرْيَمَ إِذِ مِنْ ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 10 words

Recitation · 9 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ4

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 41 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 16 of 98

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 19:27 · Maryamrelated

    فَأَتَتْ بِهِۦ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُۥ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْـًٔا فَرِيًّا

    Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.

  • Quran 18:16 · Al-Kahfrelated

    وَإِذِ ٱعْتَزَلْتُمُوهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ فَأْوُۥٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلْكَهْفِ يَنشُرْ لَكُمْ رَبُّكُم مِّن رَّحْمَتِهِۦ وَيُهَيِّئْ لَكُم مِّنْ أَمْرِكُم مِّرْفَقًا

    [The youths said to one another], "And when you have withdrawn from them and that which they worship other than Allah, retreat to the cave. Your Lord will spread out for you of…

  • Quran 3:44 · Aal-i-Imraanrelated

    ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهِ إِلَيْكَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يُلْقُونَ أَقْلَٰمَهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ يَكْفُلُ مَرْيَمَ وَمَا كُنتَ لَدَيْهِمْ إِذْ يَخْتَصِمُونَ

    That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muhammad]. And you were not with them when they cast their pens as to which of them should be responsible for Mary…

  • Quran 3:37 · Aal-i-Imraanrelated

    فَتَقَبَّلَهَا رَبُّهَا بِقَبُولٍ حَسَنٍ وَأَنۢبَتَهَا نَبَاتًا حَسَنًا وَكَفَّلَهَا زَكَرِيَّا كُلَّمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا زَكَرِيَّا ٱلْمِحْرَابَ وَجَدَ عِندَهَا رِزْقًا قَالَ يَٰمَرْيَمُ أَنَّىٰ لَكِ هَٰذَا قَالَتْ هُوَ مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَرْزُقُ مَن يَشَآءُ بِغَيْرِ حِسَابٍ

    So her Lord accepted her with good acceptance and caused her to grow in a good manner and put her in the care of Zechariah. Every time Zechariah entered upon her in the prayer…

  • Quran 27:43 · An-Namlrelated

    وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَٰفِرِينَ

    And that which she was worshipping other than Allah had averted her [from submission to Him]. Indeed, she was from a disbelieving people."

  • Quran 20:83 · Taa-Haarelated

    وَمَآ أَعْجَلَكَ عَن قَوْمِكَ يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    [Allah] said, "And what made you hasten from your people, O Moses?"

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.

  • Maryam 19:222 shared roots

    فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتْ بِهِۦ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا

    ن-ب-ذك-و-ن

  • Maryam 19:222 shared roots

    فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتْ بِهِۦ مَكَانًا قَصِيًّا

    ن-ب-ذك-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:1012 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ مُصَدِّقٌ لِّمَا مَعَهُمْ نَبَذَ فَرِيقٌ مِّنَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُوتُوا۟ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ن-ب-ذك-ت-ب

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:282 shared roots

    قَالَ رَبُّ ٱلْمَشْرِقِ وَٱلْمَغْرِبِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَآ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

    ش-ر-قك-و-ن

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:702 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَأَنتُمْ تَشْهَدُونَ

    أ-ه-لك-ت-ب

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:562 shared roots

    وَمَا يَذْكُرُونَ إِلَّآ أَن يَشَآءَ ٱللَّهُ هُوَ أَهْلُ ٱلتَّقْوَىٰ وَأَهْلُ ٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ

    أ-ه-لذ-ك-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 19:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 19:16 include Quran 19:27 (Surah Maryam), Quran 18:16 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 3:44 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), and Quran 3:37 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 19:27 reads: “Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.” 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 19:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 19:16 (Surah Maryam, Mary) reads: “And mention, [O Muhammad], in the Book [the story of] Mary, when she withdrew from her family to a place toward the east.”

Which surah is verse 19:16 in?

Quran 19:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Maryam (Mary), chapter 19 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 98 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 19:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 19:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.