Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 11·Makkī

11

عَلَىٰٓ فِى ﴿١١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.

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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 5 of 7 words

Rarest here: ك-ه-ف — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 31 letters · āyah 11 of 110

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 18:25 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا

    And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.

  • Quran 41:20 · Fussilatrelated

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا مَا جَآءُوهَا شَهِدَ عَلَيْهِمْ سَمْعُهُمْ وَأَبْصَٰرُهُمْ وَجُلُودُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Until, when they reach it, their hearing and their eyes and their skins will testify against them of what they used to do.

  • Quran 36:8 · Yaseenrelated

    إِنَّا جَعَلْنَا فِىٓ أَعْنَٰقِهِمْ أَغْلَٰلًا فَهِىَ إِلَى ٱلْأَذْقَانِ فَهُم مُّقْمَحُونَ

    Indeed, We have put shackles on their necks, and they are to their chins, so they are with heads [kept] aloft.

  • Quran 36:9 · Yaseenrelated

    وَجَعَلْنَا مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ سَدًّا وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ سَدًّا فَأَغْشَيْنَٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    And We have put before them a barrier and behind them a barrier and covered them, so they do not see.

  • Quran 15:82 · Al-Hijrrelated

    وَكَانُوا۟ يَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا ءَامِنِينَ

    And they used to carve from the mountains, houses, feeling secure.

  • 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…

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-Muminoon 23:1122 shared roots

    قَٰلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ

    س-ن-وع-د-د

  • Al-Kahf 18:252 shared roots

    وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا

    ك-ه-فس-ن-و

  • Al-Kahf 18:252 shared roots

    وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا

    ك-ه-فس-ن-و

  • Al-Hajj 22:472 shared roots

    وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَن يُخْلِفَ ٱللَّهُ وَعْدَهُۥ وَإِنَّ يَوْمًا عِندَ رَبِّكَ كَأَلْفِ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

    س-ن-وع-د-د

  • As-Sajda 32:52 shared roots

    يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَعْرُجُ إِلَيْهِ فِى يَوْمٍ كَانَ مِقْدَارُهُۥٓ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ مِّمَّا تَعُدُّونَ

    س-ن-وع-د-د

  • Ibrahim 14:252 shared roots

    تُؤْتِىٓ أُكُلَهَا كُلَّ حِينٍۭ بِإِذْنِ رَبِّهَا وَيَضْرِبُ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    ض-ر-بأ-ذ-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:11?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:11 include Quran 18:25 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 41:20 (Surah Fussilat), Quran 36:8 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 36:9 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 18:25 reads: “And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.” 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 18:11 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:11 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.”

Which surah is verse 18:11 in?

Quran 18:11 is āyah 11 of Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), chapter 18 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 110 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 18:11?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:11 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.