Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 96·Makkī

96

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا عَلَيْهِ ﴿٩٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Bring me sheets of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."

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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 19 words

Rarest here: ق-ط-ر 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 27 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī17
  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

19 words · 79 letters · āyah 96 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.

  • قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    They said, "Construct for him a furnace and throw him into the burning fire."

  • فَلَمَّآ أَتَىٰهَا نُودِىَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ

    And when he came to it, he was called, "O Moses,

  • ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

    [It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!

  • كَغَلْىِ ٱلْحَمِيمِ

    Like the boiling of scalding water.

  • قَالَ أَنَا۠ خَيْرٌ مِّنْهُ خَلَقْتَنِى مِن نَّارٍ وَخَلَقْتَهُۥ مِن طِينٍ

    He said, "I am better than him. You created me from fire and created him from clay."

  • قَالَ بَلْ أَلْقُوا۟ فَإِذَا حِبَالُهُمْ وَعِصِيُّهُمْ يُخَيَّلُ إِلَيْهِ مِن سِحْرِهِمْ أَنَّهَا تَسْعَىٰ

    He said, "Rather, you throw." And suddenly their ropes and staffs seemed to him from their magic that they were moving [like snakes].

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.

  • Faatir 35:253 shared roots

    وَإِن يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ جَآءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُم بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَبِٱلزُّبُرِ وَبِٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُنِيرِ

    ز-ب-رن-و-رب-ي-ن

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1843 shared roots

    فَإِن كَذَّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كُذِّبَ رُسُلٌ مِّن قَبْلِكَ جَآءُو بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ وَٱلزُّبُرِ وَٱلْكِتَٰبِ ٱلْمُنِيرِ

    ز-ب-رن-و-رب-ي-ن

  • Al-An'aam 6:1573 shared roots

    أَوْ تَقُولُوا۟ لَوْ أَنَّآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْنَا ٱلْكِتَٰبُ لَكُنَّآ أَهْدَىٰ مِنْهُمْ فَقَدْ جَآءَكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةٌ فَمَنْ أَظْلَمُ مِمَّن كَذَّبَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَصَدَفَ عَنْهَا سَنَجْزِى ٱلَّذِينَ يَصْدِفُونَ عَنْ ءَايَٰتِنَا سُوٓءَ ٱلْعَذَابِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَصْدِفُونَ

    ص-د-فب-ي-نق-و-ل

  • Ibrahim 14:502 shared roots

    سَرَابِيلُهُم مِّن قَطِرَانٍ وَتَغْشَىٰ وُجُوهَهُمُ ٱلنَّارُ

    ق-ط-رن-و-ر

  • Saad 38:722 shared roots

    فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ

    ن-ف-خس-و-ي

  • Al-Hijr 15:292 shared roots

    فَإِذَا سَوَّيْتُهُۥ وَنَفَخْتُ فِيهِ مِن رُّوحِى فَقَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ سَٰجِدِينَ

    ن-ف-خس-و-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:96?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:96 include Quran 37:97 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 20:11 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 44:49 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), and Quran 44:46 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan). For example, 37:97 reads: “They said, "Construct for him a furnace and throw him into the burning fire."” 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 18:96 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:96 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “Bring me sheets of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said, "Blow [with bellows]," until when he had made it [like] fire, he said, "Bring me, that I may pour over it molten copper."”

Which surah is verse 18:96 in?

Quran 18:96 is āyah 96 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 18:96?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:96 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.