Surah Abasa · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

مِنْ ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

From what substance did He create him?

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 2 points across 1 rule family

  • Iẓhār2

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 11 letters · āyah 18 of 42

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 36:77 · Yaseenvery close

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ فَإِذَا هُوَ خَصِيمٌ مُّبِينٌ

    Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?

  • Quran 75:37 · Al-Qiyaamavery close

    أَلَمْ يَكُ نُطْفَةً مِّن مَّنِىٍّ يُمْنَىٰ

    Had he not been a sperm from semen emitted?

  • Quran 18:37 · Al-Kahfclose

    قَالَ لَهُۥ صَاحِبُهُۥ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِرُهُۥٓ أَكَفَرْتَ بِٱلَّذِى خَلَقَكَ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ مِن نُّطْفَةٍ ثُمَّ سَوَّىٰكَ رَجُلًا

    His companion said to him while he was conversing with him, "Have you disbelieved in He who created you from dust and then from a sperm-drop and then proportioned you [as] a man?

  • Quran 82:8 · Al-Infitaarclose

    فِىٓ أَىِّ صُورَةٍ مَّا شَآءَ رَكَّبَكَ

    In whatever form He willed has He assembled you.

  • Quran 86:5 · At-Taariqclose

    فَلْيَنظُرِ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مِمَّ خُلِقَ

    So let man observe from what he was created.

  • Quran 53:45 · An-Najmclose

    وَأَنَّهُۥ خَلَقَ ٱلزَّوْجَيْنِ ٱلذَّكَرَ وَٱلْأُنثَىٰ

    And that He creates the two mates - the male and female -

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.

  • At-Tur 52:352 shared roots

    أَمْ خُلِقُوا۟ مِنْ غَيْرِ شَىْءٍ أَمْ هُمُ ٱلْخَٰلِقُونَ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1912 shared roots

    أَيُشْرِكُونَ مَا لَا يَخْلُقُ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Al-Qamar 54:492 shared roots

    إِنَّا كُلَّ شَىْءٍ خَلَقْنَٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • An-Nahl 16:202 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَا يَخْلُقُونَ شَيْـًٔا وَهُمْ يُخْلَقُونَ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Az-Zumar 39:622 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ خَٰلِقُ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ وَكِيلٌ

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

  • Maryam 19:672 shared roots

    أَوَلَا يَذْكُرُ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ أَنَّا خَلَقْنَٰهُ مِن قَبْلُ وَلَمْ يَكُ شَيْـًٔا

    خ-ل-قش-ي-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 80:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 80:18 include Quran 36:77 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 75:37 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), Quran 18:37 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 82:8 (Surah Al-Infitaar). For example, 36:77 reads: “Does man not consider that We created him from a [mere] sperm-drop - then at once he is a clear adversary?” 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 80:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 80:18 (Surah Abasa, He frowned) reads: “From what substance did He create him?”

Which surah is verse 80:18 in?

Quran 80:18 is āyah 18 of Surah Abasa (He frowned), chapter 80 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 42 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 80:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 80:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.