Surah Taa-Haa · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

هِىَ عَلَيْهَا بِهَا عَلَىٰ وَلِىَ فِيهَا ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 13 words

Rarest here: ه-ش-ش — used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 12 points across 2 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī10
  • Light rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 50 letters · āyah 18 of 135

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 16:10 · An-Nahlrelated

    هُوَ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنزَلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءً لَّكُم مِّنْهُ شَرَابٌ وَمِنْهُ شَجَرٌ فِيهِ تُسِيمُونَ

    It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].

  • Quran 12:55 · Yusufrelated

    قَالَ ٱجْعَلْنِى عَلَىٰ خَزَآئِنِ ٱلْأَرْضِ إِنِّى حَفِيظٌ عَلِيمٌ

    [Joseph] said, "Appoint me over the storehouses of the land. Indeed, I will be a knowing guardian."

  • Quran 55:11 · Ar-Rahmaanrelated

    فِيهَا فَٰكِهَةٌ وَٱلنَّخْلُ ذَاتُ ٱلْأَكْمَامِ

    Therein is fruit and palm trees having sheaths [of dates]

  • Quran 87:4 · Al-A'laarelated

    وَٱلَّذِىٓ أَخْرَجَ ٱلْمَرْعَىٰ

    And who brings out the pasture

  • Quran 16:68 · An-Nahlrelated

    وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى ٱلنَّحْلِ أَنِ ٱتَّخِذِى مِنَ ٱلْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ ٱلشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ

    And your Lord inspired to the bee, "Take for yourself among the mountains, houses, and among the trees and [in] that which they construct.

  • Quran 38:36 · Saadrelated

    فَسَخَّرْنَا لَهُ ٱلرِّيحَ تَجْرِى بِأَمْرِهِۦ رُخَآءً حَيْثُ أَصَابَ

    So We subjected to him the wind blowing by his command, gently, wherever he directed,

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:442 shared roots

    فَأَلْقَوْا۟ حِبَالَهُمْ وَعِصِيَّهُمْ وَقَالُوا۟ بِعِزَّةِ فِرْعَوْنَ إِنَّا لَنَحْنُ ٱلْغَٰلِبُونَ

    ع-ص-وق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:662 shared roots

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

    ع-ص-وق-و-ل

  • An-Nisaa 4:942 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا ضَرَبْتُمْ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ فَتَبَيَّنُوا۟ وَلَا تَقُولُوا۟ لِمَنْ أَلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْكُمُ ٱلسَّلَٰمَ لَسْتَ مُؤْمِنًا تَبْتَغُونَ عَرَضَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ مَغَانِمُ كَثِيرَةٌ كَذَٰلِكَ كُنتُم مِّن قَبْلُ فَمَنَّ ٱللَّهُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَتَبَيَّنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرًا

    غ-ن-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Fath 48:152 shared roots

    سَيَقُولُ ٱلْمُخَلَّفُونَ إِذَا ٱنطَلَقْتُمْ إِلَىٰ مَغَانِمَ لِتَأْخُذُوهَا ذَرُونَا نَتَّبِعْكُمْ يُرِيدُونَ أَن يُبَدِّلُوا۟ كَلَٰمَ ٱللَّهِ قُل لَّن تَتَّبِعُونَا كَذَٰلِكُمْ قَالَ ٱللَّهُ مِن قَبْلُ فَسَيَقُولُونَ بَلْ تَحْسُدُونَنَا بَلْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَفْقَهُونَ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا

    غ-ن-مق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 20:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 20:18 include Quran 16:10 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 12:55 (Surah Yusuf), Quran 55:11 (Surah Ar-Rahmaan), and Quran 87:4 (Surah Al-A'laa). For example, 16:10 reads: “It is He who sends down rain from the sky; from it is drink and from it is foliage in which you pasture [animals].” 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 20:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 20:18 (Surah Taa-Haa, Taa-Haa) reads: “He said, "It is my staff; I lean upon it, and I bring down leaves for my sheep and I have therein other uses."”

Which surah is verse 20:18 in?

Quran 20:18 is āyah 18 of Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), chapter 20 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 135 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 20:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 20:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.