Mutashabihat Pairs
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Al-Ma'idah · An-Nahl
Both share the core prohibition list (dead animals, blood, swine, what is dedicated to other than Allah); see also 2:173/16:115 (batch 4) and 6:145/16:115 (batch 7) -- 5:3 is the most expansive version adding strangled, beaten, fallen animals, 16:115 is the standard shorter form.
An-Nahl · Al-Anbiya
Verbatim: 'We sent before you only men to whom We revealed; so ask the people of knowledge if you do not know'; 16:43 responds to objections about the Prophet's humanity, 21:7 makes the same point in the opening of Al-Anbiya.
An-Nahl · Fatir
Verbatim: 'if Allah were to punish people for what they have earned He would not leave upon the earth any creature, but He defers them to an appointed term'; 16:61 is among Allah's attributes of forbearance, 35:45 makes the same point closing Fatir.
An-Nahl · Al-Mu'minun
Both describe taking drink from the bellies of cattle but 16:66 uses the masculine 'butunihi' while 23:21 uses the feminine 'butuniha'.
An-Nahl · Al-Mu'minun
Both list 'al-sam'a wa al-absar wa al-af'idah' as divine gifts — 16:78 says 'wa ja'ala lakum al-sam'a wa al-absar wa al-af'idah la'allakum tashkurun' and 23:78 uses 'qalilan ma tashkurun' instead — same triad, different closing.
An-Nahl · Al-Qalam
Verbatim closing: 'your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His way and He knows best the rightly guided'; 16:125 follows the command to call to Allah's path with wisdom, 68:7 follows a prohibition against obeying the disbelievers.
An-Nahl · An-Najm
Completes the three-way set (see 16:125/68:7 batch 5 and 53:30/68:7 this batch): 'your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His way and He knows best the rightly guided'; 16:125 is in the call-to-wisdom context, 53:30 closes a description of those who turn away.
Al-An'am · An-Nahl
Both share the duress exception clause for the same list of prohibitions; see also 2:173/16:115 (batch 4) -- 6:145 frames the list as a response to 'what has Allah forbidden you,' 16:115 is the direct restatement.
Al-Baqarah · An-Nahl
Both enumerate the same four prohibitions (dead animals, blood, swine flesh, what is dedicated to other than Allah) plus the same duress exception; the only difference is word order: 2:173 says 'ma uhilla bihi li-ghayri Allah,' 16:115 says 'ma uhilla li-ghayri Allah bihi.'