Surah Al-Ghaashiya · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

وَإِلَى ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And at the sky - how it is raised?

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 4 words

Recitation · 3 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 17 letters · āyah 18 of 26

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 50:6 · Qaafclose

    أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

    Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?

  • Quran 81:4 · At-Takwirclose

    وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

    And when full-term she-camels are neglected

  • Quran 32:27 · As-Sajdarelated

    أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا نَسُوقُ ٱلْمَآءَ إِلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْجُرُزِ فَنُخْرِجُ بِهِۦ زَرْعًا تَأْكُلُ مِنْهُ أَنْعَٰمُهُمْ وَأَنفُسُهُمْ أَفَلَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    Have they not seen that We drive the water [in clouds] to barren land and bring forth thereby crops from which their livestock eat and [they] themselves? Then do they not see?

  • Quran 89:9 · Al-Fajrrelated

    وَثَمُودَ ٱلَّذِينَ جَابُوا۟ ٱلصَّخْرَ بِٱلْوَادِ

    And [with] Thamud, who carved out the rocks in the valley?

  • Quran 43:87 · Az-Zukhrufrelated

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُم مَّنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ ٱللَّهُ فَأَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

    And if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?

  • Quran 14:46 · Ibrahimrelated

    وَقَدْ مَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرَهُمْ وَعِندَ ٱللَّهِ مَكْرُهُمْ وَإِن كَانَ مَكْرُهُمْ لِتَزُولَ مِنْهُ ٱلْجِبَالُ

    And they had planned their plan, but with Allah is [recorded] their plan, even if their plan had been [sufficient] to do away with the mountains.

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.

  • Ar-Rahmaan 55:72 shared roots

    وَٱلسَّمَآءَ رَفَعَهَا وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمِيزَانَ

    ر-ف-عس-م-و

  • An-Noor 24:362 shared roots

    فِى بُيُوتٍ أَذِنَ ٱللَّهُ أَن تُرْفَعَ وَيُذْكَرَ فِيهَا ٱسْمُهُۥ يُسَبِّحُ لَهُۥ فِيهَا بِٱلْغُدُوِّ وَٱلْـَٔاصَالِ

    ر-ف-عس-م-و

  • Al-Mulk 67:172 shared roots

    أَمْ أَمِنتُم مَّن فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ أَن يُرْسِلَ عَلَيْكُمْ حَاصِبًا فَسَتَعْلَمُونَ كَيْفَ نَذِيرِ

    ك-ي-فس-م-و

  • Nooh 71:152 shared roots

    أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا

    ك-ي-فس-م-و

  • Qaaf 50:62 shared roots

    أَفَلَمْ يَنظُرُوٓا۟ إِلَى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَوْقَهُمْ كَيْفَ بَنَيْنَٰهَا وَزَيَّنَّٰهَا وَمَا لَهَا مِن فُرُوجٍ

    ك-ي-فس-م-و

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:22 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِى رَفَعَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ بِغَيْرِ عَمَدٍ تَرَوْنَهَا ثُمَّ ٱسْتَوَىٰ عَلَى ٱلْعَرْشِ وَسَخَّرَ ٱلشَّمْسَ وَٱلْقَمَرَ كُلٌّ يَجْرِى لِأَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى يُدَبِّرُ ٱلْأَمْرَ يُفَصِّلُ ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لَعَلَّكُم بِلِقَآءِ رَبِّكُمْ تُوقِنُونَ

    ر-ف-عس-م-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 88:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 88:18 include Quran 50:6 (Surah Qaaf), Quran 81:4 (Surah At-Takwir), Quran 32:27 (Surah As-Sajda), and Quran 89:9 (Surah Al-Fajr). For example, 50:6 reads: “Have they not looked at the heaven above them - how We structured it and adorned it and [how] it has no rifts?” 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 88:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 88:18 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya, The Overwhelming) reads: “And at the sky - how it is raised?”

Which surah is verse 88:18 in?

Quran 88:18 is āyah 18 of Surah Al-Ghaashiya (The Overwhelming), chapter 88 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 26 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 88:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 88:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.