Surah Al-Ankaboot · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

وَإِن فَقَدْ مِّن وَمَا عَلَى إِلَّا ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.

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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 · 6 roots in 7 of 13 words

Recitation · 18 points across 7 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Qalqalah2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

13 words · 51 letters · āyah 18 of 69

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 69:39 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    وَمَا لَا تُبْصِرُونَ

    And what you do not see

  • Quran 64:12 · At-Taghaabunclose

    وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَىٰ رَسُولِنَا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    And obey Allah and obey the Messenger; but if you turn away - then upon Our Messenger is only [the duty of] clear notification.

  • Quran 3:184 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

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

    Then if they deny you, [O Muhammad] - so were messengers denied before you, who brought clear proofs and written ordinances and the enlightening Scripture.

  • Quran 77:29 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    ٱنطَلِقُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰ مَا كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    [They will be told], "Proceed to that which you used to deny.

  • Quran 35:24 · Faatirclose

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

    Indeed, We have sent you with the truth as a bringer of good tidings and a warner. And there was no nation but that there had passed within it a warner.

  • Quran 56:81 · Al-Waaqiaclose

    أَفَبِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ أَنتُم مُّدْهِنُونَ

    Then is it to this statement that you are indifferent

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.

  • Yaseen 36:172 shared roots

    وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    ب-ل-غب-ي-ن

  • An-Nahl 16:822 shared roots

    فَإِن تَوَلَّوْا۟ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَيْكَ ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    ب-ل-غب-ي-ن

  • At-Taghaabun 64:123 shared roots

    وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا۟ ٱلرَّسُولَ فَإِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ فَإِنَّمَا عَلَىٰ رَسُولِنَا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    ب-ل-غر-س-لب-ي-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1412 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ك-ذ-بر-س-ل

  • Saba 34:454 shared roots

    وَكَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ وَمَا بَلَغُوا۟ مِعْشَارَ مَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوا۟ رُسُلِى فَكَيْفَ كَانَ نَكِيرِ

    ب-ل-غك-ذ-بق-ب-لر-س-ل

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1602 shared roots

    كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ

    ك-ذ-بر-س-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 29:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 29:18 include Quran 69:39 (Surah Al-Haaqqa), Quran 64:12 (Surah At-Taghaabun), Quran 3:184 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), and Quran 77:29 (Surah Al-Mursalaat). For example, 69:39 reads: “And what you do not see” 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 29:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 29:18 (Surah Al-Ankaboot, The Spider) reads: “And if you [people] deny [the message] - already nations before you have denied. And there is not upon the Messenger except [the duty of] clear notification.”

Which surah is verse 29:18 in?

Quran 29:18 is āyah 18 of Surah Al-Ankaboot (The Spider), chapter 29 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 69 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 29:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 29:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.