Surah Saad · Ayah 16·Makkī

16

لَّنَا ﴿١٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 8 words

Rarest here: ق-ط-ط — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 32 letters · āyah 16 of 88

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 14:44 · Ibrahimvery close

    وَأَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ فَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَخِّرْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ نُّجِبْ دَعْوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِعِ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَوَلَمْ تَكُونُوٓا۟ أَقْسَمْتُم مِّن قَبْلُ مَا لَكُم مِّن زَوَالٍ

    And, [O Muhammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call…

  • Quran 37:32 · As-Saaffaatvery close

    فَأَغْوَيْنَٰكُمْ إِنَّا كُنَّا غَٰوِينَ

    And we led you to deviation; indeed, we were deviators."

  • Quran 44:12 · Ad-Dukhaanvery close

    رَّبَّنَا ٱكْشِفْ عَنَّا ٱلْعَذَابَ إِنَّا مُؤْمِنُونَ

    [They will say], "Our Lord, remove from us the torment; indeed, we are believers."

  • Quran 32:12 · As-Sajdaclose

    وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذِ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ نَاكِسُوا۟ رُءُوسِهِمْ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ رَبَّنَآ أَبْصَرْنَا وَسَمِعْنَا فَٱرْجِعْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا إِنَّا مُوقِنُونَ

    If you could but see when the criminals are hanging their heads before their Lord, [saying], "Our Lord, we have seen and heard, so return us [to the world]; we will work…

  • Quran 19:85 · Maryamclose

    يَوْمَ نَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُتَّقِينَ إِلَى ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَفْدًا

    On the Day We will gather the righteous to the Most Merciful as a delegation

  • Quran 37:20 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَا هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلدِّينِ

    They will say, "O woe to us! This is the Day of Recompense."

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.

  • Saad 38:532 shared roots

    هَٰذَا مَا تُوعَدُونَ لِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    ح-س-بي-و-م

  • An-Naml 27:463 shared roots

    قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

    ع-ج-لق-ب-لق-و-ل

  • Ibrahim 14:413 shared roots

    رَبَّنَا ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ يَوْمَ يَقُومُ ٱلْحِسَابُ

    ح-س-بي-و-مر-ب-ب

  • Taa-Haa 20:843 shared roots

    قَالَ هُمْ أُو۟لَآءِ عَلَىٰٓ أَثَرِى وَعَجِلْتُ إِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضَىٰ

    ع-ج-لر-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:274 shared roots

    وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم مِّن كُلِّ مُتَكَبِّرٍ لَّا يُؤْمِنُ بِيَوْمِ ٱلْحِسَابِ

    ح-س-بي-و-مر-ب-بق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:1144 shared roots

    فَتَعَٰلَى ٱللَّهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ ٱلْحَقُّ وَلَا تَعْجَلْ بِٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُقْضَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَحْيُهُۥ وَقُل رَّبِّ زِدْنِى عِلْمًا

    ع-ج-لق-ب-لر-ب-بق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:16?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:16 include Quran 14:44 (Surah Ibrahim), Quran 37:32 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 44:12 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), and Quran 32:12 (Surah As-Sajda). For example, 14:44 reads: “And, [O Muhammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call…” 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 38:16 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:16 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “And they say, "Our Lord, hasten for us our share [of the punishment] before the Day of Account"”

Which surah is verse 38:16 in?

Quran 38:16 is āyah 16 of Surah Saad (The letter Saad), chapter 38 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 38:16?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:16 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.