Surah Al-Waaqia · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

مِّن ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 5 words

Rarest here: ك-و-ب — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Ghunnah2

Commentary

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

Shape

5 words · 23 letters · āyah 18 of 96

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 76:18 · Al-Insaanvery close

    عَيْنًا فِيهَا تُسَمَّىٰ سَلْسَبِيلًا

    [From] a fountain within Paradise named Salsabeel.

  • Quran 37:46 · As-Saaffaatclose

    بَيْضَآءَ لَذَّةٍ لِّلشَّٰرِبِينَ

    White and delicious to the drinkers;

  • Quran 76:19 · Al-Insaanclose

    وَيَطُوفُ عَلَيْهِمْ وِلْدَٰنٌ مُّخَلَّدُونَ إِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ حَسِبْتَهُمْ لُؤْلُؤًا مَّنثُورًا

    There will circulate among them young boys made eternal. When you see them, you would think them [as beautiful as] scattered pearls.

  • Quran 37:44 · As-Saaffaatclose

    عَلَىٰ سُرُرٍ مُّتَقَٰبِلِينَ

    On thrones facing one another.

  • Quran 52:23 · At-Turclose

    يَتَنَٰزَعُونَ فِيهَا كَأْسًا لَّا لَغْوٌ فِيهَا وَلَا تَأْثِيمٌ

    They will exchange with one another a cup [of wine] wherein [results] no ill speech or commission of sin.

  • Quran 56:55 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    فَشَٰرِبُونَ شُرْبَ ٱلْهِيمِ

    And will drink as the drinking of thirsty camels.

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.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:452 shared roots

    يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِكَأْسٍ مِّن مَّعِينٍۭ

    ك-أ-سع-ي-ن

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:712 shared roots

    يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافٍ مِّن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ ٱلْأَعْيُنُ وَأَنتُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    ك-و-بع-ي-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 56:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 56:18 include Quran 76:18 (Surah Al-Insaan), Quran 37:46 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 76:19 (Surah Al-Insaan), and Quran 37:44 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 76:18 reads: “[From] a fountain within Paradise named Salsabeel.” 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 56:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 56:18 (Surah Al-Waaqia, The Inevitable) reads: “With vessels, pitchers and a cup [of wine] from a flowing spring -”

Which surah is verse 56:18 in?

Quran 56:18 is āyah 18 of Surah Al-Waaqia (The Inevitable), chapter 56 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 96 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 56:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 56:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.