Surah Nooh · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

فِيهِنَّ ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

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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 6 of 7 words

Rarest here: س-ر-ج — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 6 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 31 letters · āyah 16 of 28

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 75:8 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    وَخَسَفَ ٱلْقَمَرُ

    And the moon darkens

  • Quran 91:1 · Ash-Shamsclose

    وَٱلشَّمْسِ وَضُحَىٰهَا

    By the sun and its brightness

  • Quran 74:33 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    وَٱلَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ

    And [by] the night when it departs

  • Quran 25:61 · Al-Furqaanclose

    تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًا وَقَمَرًا مُّنِيرًا

    Blessed is He who has placed in the sky great stars and placed therein a [burning] lamp and luminous moon.

  • Quran 14:33 · Ibrahimclose

    وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ دَآئِبَيْنِ وَسَخَّرَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ وَٱلنَّهَارَ

    And He subjected for you the sun and the moon, continuous [in orbit], and subjected for you the night and the day.

  • Quran 55:6 · Ar-Rahmaanclose

    وَٱلنَّجْمُ وَٱلشَّجَرُ يَسْجُدَانِ

    And the stars and trees prostrate.

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.

  • Al-Furqaan 25:614 shared roots

    تَبَارَكَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ بُرُوجًا وَجَعَلَ فِيهَا سِرَٰجًا وَقَمَرًا مُّنِيرًا

    س-ر-جق-م-رن-و-رج-ع-ل

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:92 shared roots

    وَجُمِعَ ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:462 shared roots

    وَدَاعِيًا إِلَى ٱللَّهِ بِإِذْنِهِۦ وَسِرَاجًا مُّنِيرًا

    س-ر-جن-و-ر

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:52 shared roots

    ٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ بِحُسْبَانٍ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

  • An-Naba 78:132 shared roots

    وَجَعَلْنَا سِرَاجًا وَهَّاجًا

    س-ر-جج-ع-ل

  • Fussilat 41:372 shared roots

    وَمِنْ ءَايَٰتِهِ ٱلَّيْلُ وَٱلنَّهَارُ وَٱلشَّمْسُ وَٱلْقَمَرُ لَا تَسْجُدُوا۟ لِلشَّمْسِ وَلَا لِلْقَمَرِ وَٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَهُنَّ إِن كُنتُمْ إِيَّاهُ تَعْبُدُونَ

    ق-م-رش-م-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 71:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 71:16 include Quran 75:8 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), Quran 91:1 (Surah Ash-Shams), Quran 74:33 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), and Quran 25:61 (Surah Al-Furqaan). For example, 75:8 reads: “And the moon darkens” 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 71:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 71:16 (Surah Nooh, Noah) reads: “And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?”

Which surah is verse 71:16 in?

Quran 71:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Nooh (Noah), chapter 71 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 28 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 71:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 71:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.