Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 4·Makkī

4

ٱلَّذِينَ ﴿٤﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And to warn those who say, "Allah has taken a son."

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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 6 words

Recitation · 8 points across 5 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 27 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 4 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.

  • مَا كَانَ لِلَّهِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ مِن وَلَدٍ سُبْحَٰنَهُۥٓ إِذَا قَضَىٰٓ أَمْرًا فَإِنَّمَا يَقُولُ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.

  • فَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِغُلَٰمٍ حَلِيمٍ

    So We gave him good tidings of a forbearing boy.

  • قُلْ إِن كَانَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ وَلَدٌ فَأَنَا۠ أَوَّلُ ٱلْعَٰبِدِينَ

    Say, [O Muhammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."

  • وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱللَّهُ وَلَدًا سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ بَل لَّهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ كُلٌّ لَّهُۥ قَٰنِتُونَ

    They say, "Allah has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, to Him belongs whatever is in the heavens and the earth. All are devoutly obedient to Him,

  • وَٱلَّذِى قَالَ لِوَٰلِدَيْهِ أُفٍّ لَّكُمَآ أَتَعِدَانِنِىٓ أَنْ أُخْرَجَ وَقَدْ خَلَتِ ٱلْقُرُونُ مِن قَبْلِى وَهُمَا يَسْتَغِيثَانِ ٱللَّهَ وَيْلَكَ ءَامِنْ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ فَيَقُولُ مَا هَٰذَآ إِلَّآ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    But one who says to his parents, "Uff to you; do you promise me that I will be brought forth [from the earth] when generations before me have already passed on [into oblivion]?"…

  • وَمَا يَنۢبَغِى لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ أَن يَتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا

    And it is not appropriate for the Most Merciful that He should take a son.

Verses built from the same roots

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Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:4?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:4 include Quran 19:35 (Surah Maryam), Quran 37:101 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 43:81 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), and Quran 2:116 (Surah Al-Baqara). For example, 19:35 reads: “It is not [befitting] for Allah to take a son; exalted is He! When He decrees an affair, He only says to it, "Be," and it is.” 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 18:4 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:4 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “And to warn those who say, "Allah has taken a son."”

Which surah is verse 18:4 in?

Quran 18:4 is āyah 4 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 18:4?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:4 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.