Surah As-Saaffaat · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

نَعَمْ وَأَنتُمْ ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 4 words

Rarest here: د-خ-ر — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 6 points across 4 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 15 letters · āyah 18 of 182

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 26:75 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

    He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,

  • Quran 43:77 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَنَادَوْا۟ يَٰمَٰلِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَ قَالَ إِنَّكُم مَّٰكِثُونَ

    And they will call, "O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."

  • Quran 35:37 · Faatirclose

    وَهُمْ يَصْطَرِخُونَ فِيهَا رَبَّنَآ أَخْرِجْنَا نَعْمَلْ صَٰلِحًا غَيْرَ ٱلَّذِى كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ أَوَلَمْ نُعَمِّرْكُم مَّا يَتَذَكَّرُ فِيهِ مَن تَذَكَّرَ وَجَآءَكُمُ ٱلنَّذِيرُ فَذُوقُوا۟ فَمَا لِلظَّٰلِمِينَ مِن نَّصِيرٍ

    And they will cry out therein, "Our Lord, remove us; we will do righteousness - other than what we were doing!" But did We not grant you life enough for whoever would remember…

  • Quran 7:173 · Al-A'raafclose

    أَوْ تَقُولُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَآ أَشْرَكَ ءَابَآؤُنَا مِن قَبْلُ وَكُنَّا ذُرِّيَّةً مِّنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ أَفَتُهْلِكُنَا بِمَا فَعَلَ ٱلْمُبْطِلُونَ

    Or [lest] you say, "It was only that our fathers associated [others in worship] with Allah before, and we were but descendants after them. Then would You destroy us for what the…

  • Quran 23:31 · Al-Muminoonclose

    ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قَرْنًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    Then We produced after them a generation of others.

  • Quran 56:49 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    قُلْ إِنَّ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ وَٱلْـَٔاخِرِينَ

    Say, [O Muhammad], "Indeed, the former and the later peoples

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-Ghaafir 40:602 shared roots

    وَقَالَ رَبُّكُمُ ٱدْعُونِىٓ أَسْتَجِبْ لَكُمْ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَسْتَكْبِرُونَ عَنْ عِبَادَتِى سَيَدْخُلُونَ جَهَنَّمَ دَاخِرِينَ

    د-خ-رق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 37:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 37:18 include Quran 26:75 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 43:77 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 35:37 (Surah Faatir), and Quran 7:173 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 26:75 reads: “He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,” 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 37:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 37:18 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Those drawn up in Ranks) reads: “Say, "Yes, and you will be [rendered] contemptible."”

Which surah is verse 37:18 in?

Quran 37:18 is āyah 18 of Surah As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks), chapter 37 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 182 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 37:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 37:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.