Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 79·Makkī

79

أَمَّا فِى أَنْ ﴿٧٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.

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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 · 12 roots in 14 of 17 words

Rarest here: ع-ي-ب used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 24 points across 7 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī11
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Light rāʾ3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār4
  • Idghām shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

17 words · 75 letters · āyah 79 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.

  • فَأَخَذْنَٰهُ وَجُنُودَهُۥ فَنَبَذْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ

    So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.

  • فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ

    And he drew lots and was among the losers.

  • فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًا

    So they set out, until when they had embarked on the ship, al-Khidh r tore it open. [Moses] said, "Have you torn it open to drown its people? You have certainly done a grave…

  • فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَصْحَٰبَ ٱلسَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهَآ ءَايَةً لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    But We saved him and the companions of the ship, and We made it a sign for the worlds.

  • وَٱسْتَفْتَحُوا۟ وَخَابَ كُلُّ جَبَّارٍ عَنِيدٍ

    And they requested victory from Allah, and disappointed, [therefore], was every obstinate tyrant.

  • قَالُوا۟ نَفْقِدُ صُوَاعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلِمَن جَآءَ بِهِۦ حِمْلُ بَعِيرٍ وَأَنَا۠ بِهِۦ زَعِيمٌ

    They said, "We are missing the measure of the king. And for he who produces it is [the reward of] a camel's load, and I am responsible for it."

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.

  • An-Nahl 16:402 shared roots

    إِنَّمَا قَوْلُنَا لِشَىْءٍ إِذَآ أَرَدْنَٰهُ أَن نَّقُولَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    ر-و-دك-و-ن

  • Hud 11:923 shared roots

    قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَهْطِىٓ أَعَزُّ عَلَيْكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَٱتَّخَذْتُمُوهُ وَرَآءَكُمْ ظِهْرِيًّا إِنَّ رَبِّى بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ مُحِيطٌ

    و-ر-يأ-خ-ذع-م-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:932 shared roots

    عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ع-م-لك-و-ن

  • Al-Muddaththir 74:442 shared roots

    وَلَمْ نَكُ نُطْعِمُ ٱلْمِسْكِينَ

    س-ك-نك-و-ن

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:102 shared roots

    مِّن وَرَآئِهِمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَلَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُم مَّا كَسَبُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا مَا ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْلِيَآءَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    و-ر-يأ-خ-ذ

  • Al-Furqaan 25:24 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَمْ يَتَّخِذْ وَلَدًا وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّهُۥ شَرِيكٌ فِى ٱلْمُلْكِ وَخَلَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ فَقَدَّرَهُۥ تَقْدِيرًا

    م-ل-كأ-خ-ذك-ل-لك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:79?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:79 include Quran 51:40 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat), Quran 37:141 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 18:71 (Surah Al-Kahf), and Quran 29:15 (Surah Al-Ankaboot). For example, 51:40 reads: “So We took him and his soldiers and cast them into the sea, and he was blameworthy.” 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 18:79 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:79 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “As for the ship, it belonged to poor people working at sea. So I intended to cause defect in it as there was after them a king who seized every [good] ship by force.”

Which surah is verse 18:79 in?

Quran 18:79 is āyah 79 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 18:79?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:79 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.