Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 1·Makkī

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ٱلَّذِىٓ عَلَىٰ وَلَمْ لَّهُۥ ﴿١﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance.

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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 11 words

Rarest here: ع-و-ج 9× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 11 points across 5 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Madd munfaṣil4
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Qalqalah2

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 41 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 1 of 110

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.

  • ذَٰلِكَ بِمَا قَدَّمَتْ يَدَاكَ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَيْسَ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    "That is for what your hands have put forth and because Allah is not ever unjust to [His] servants."

  • وَٱسْتَغْفِرِ ٱللَّهَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

    And seek forgiveness of Allah. Indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

  • إِلَّا عِبَادَ ٱللَّهِ ٱلْمُخْلَصِينَ

    Except the chosen servants of Allah [who do not share in that sin].

  • ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مَا فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَمَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَهُ ٱلْحَمْدُ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    [All] praise is [due] to Allah, to whom belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth, and to Him belongs [all] praise in the Hereafter. And He is the Wise, the…

  • يُصْلِحْ لَكُمْ أَعْمَٰلَكُمْ وَيَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ ذُنُوبَكُمْ وَمَن يُطِعِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدْ فَازَ فَوْزًا عَظِيمًا

    He will [then] amend for you your deeds and forgive you your sins. And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has certainly attained a great attainment.

  • يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّبِىُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَآ أَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ لَكَ تَبْتَغِى مَرْضَاتَ أَزْوَٰجِكَ وَٱللَّهُ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ

    O Prophet, why do you prohibit [yourself from] what Allah has made lawful for you, seeking the approval of your wives? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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.

  • Maryam 19:304 shared roots

    قَالَ إِنِّى عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِىَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِى نَبِيًّا

    ع-ب-دك-ت-بج-ع-لأ-ل-ه

  • Hud 11:192 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ع-و-جأ-ل-ه

  • Al-A'raaf 7:452 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ع-و-جأ-ل-ه

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1822 shared roots

    وَٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ح-م-دأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Faatiha 1:22 shared roots

    ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ح-م-دأ-ل-ه

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:993 shared roots

    قُلْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَصُدُّونَ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ مَنْ ءَامَنَ تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا وَأَنتُمْ شُهَدَآءُ وَمَا ٱللَّهُ بِغَٰفِلٍ عَمَّا تَعْمَلُونَ

    ع-و-جك-ت-بأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:1?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:1 include Quran 22:10 (Surah Al-Hajj), Quran 4:106 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 37:160 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 34:1 (Surah Saba). For example, 22:10 reads: “"That is for what your hands have put forth and because Allah is not ever unjust to [His] servants."” 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 18:1 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:1 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “[All] praise is [due] to Allah, who has sent down upon His Servant the Book and has not made therein any deviance.”

Which surah is verse 18:1 in?

Quran 18:1 is āyah 1 of Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), chapter 18 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 110 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 18:1?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:1 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.