Surah Al-Ahqaf · Ayah 18·Makkī

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أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ عَلَيْهِمُ فِىٓ قَدْ مِن مِّنَ إِنَّهُمْ ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Those are the ones upon whom the word has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.

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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 · 9 roots in 9 of 17 words

Recitation · 21 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd muttaṣil7
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Qalqalah2
  • Idghām shafawī2
  • Ghunnah3
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

17 words · 65 letters · āyah 18 of 35

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 41:25 · Fussilatvery close

    وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَآءَ فَزَيَّنُوا۟ لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ

    And We appointed for them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word has come into effect upon them among nations…

  • Quran 11:21 · Hudclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنْهُم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ

    Those are the ones who will have lost themselves, and lost from them is what they used to invent.

  • Quran 27:5 · An-Namlclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

    Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

  • Quran 7:179 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَلَقَدْ ذَرَأْنَا لِجَهَنَّمَ كَثِيرًا مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ لَهُمْ قُلُوبٌ لَّا يَفْقَهُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ أَعْيُنٌ لَّا يُبْصِرُونَ بِهَا وَلَهُمْ ءَاذَانٌ لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ بِهَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ كَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ بَلْ هُمْ أَضَلُّ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلْغَٰفِلُونَ

    And We have certainly created for Hell many of the jinn and mankind. They have hearts with which they do not understand, they have eyes with which they do not see, and they have…

  • Quran 114:5 · An-Naasclose

    ٱلَّذِى يُوَسْوِسُ فِى صُدُورِ ٱلنَّاسِ

    Who whispers [evil] into the breasts of mankind -

  • Quran 2:141 · Al-Baqaraclose

    تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    That is a nation which has passed on. It will have [the consequence of] what it earned, and you will have what you have earned. And you will not be asked about what they used to…

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.

  • Fussilat 41:255 shared roots

    وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَآءَ فَزَيَّنُوا۟ لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ

    خ-ل-وخ-س-رأ-م-مج-ن-نح-ق-ق

  • Faatir 35:243 shared roots

    إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ بَشِيرًا وَنَذِيرًا وَإِن مِّنْ أُمَّةٍ إِلَّا خَلَا فِيهَا نَذِيرٌ

    خ-ل-وأ-م-مح-ق-ق

  • Al-Asr 103:22 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ لَفِى خُسْرٍ

    خ-س-رأ-ن-س

  • Al-Baqara 2:1413 shared roots

    تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    خ-ل-وأ-م-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Baqara 2:1343 shared roots

    تِلْكَ أُمَّةٌ قَدْ خَلَتْ لَهَا مَا كَسَبَتْ وَلَكُم مَّا كَسَبْتُمْ وَلَا تُسْـَٔلُونَ عَمَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    خ-ل-وأ-م-مك-و-ن

  • Yunus 10:1023 shared roots

    فَهَلْ يَنتَظِرُونَ إِلَّا مِثْلَ أَيَّامِ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قُلْ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ

    خ-ل-وق-ب-لق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 46:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 46:18 include Quran 41:25 (Surah Fussilat), Quran 11:21 (Surah Hud), Quran 27:5 (Surah An-Naml), and Quran 7:179 (Surah Al-A'raaf). For example, 41:25 reads: “And We appointed for them companions who made attractive to them what was before them and what was behind them [of sin], and the word has come into effect upon them among nations…” 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 46:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 46:18 (Surah Al-Ahqaf, The Dunes) reads: “Those are the ones upon whom the word has come into effect, [who will be] among nations which had passed on before them of jinn and men. Indeed, they [all] were losers.”

Which surah is verse 46:18 in?

Quran 46:18 is āyah 18 of Surah Al-Ahqaf (The Dunes), chapter 46 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 35 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 46:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 46:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.