Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 106·Makkī

106

ذَٰلِكَ جَهَنَّمُ بِمَا ﴿١٠٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.

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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 6 of 9 words

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 42 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 106 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.

  • Quran 13:32 · Ar-Ra'dvery close

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

    And already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.

  • Quran 78:27 · An-Nabaclose

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَرْجُونَ حِسَابًا

    Indeed, they were not expecting an account

  • Quran 16:113 · An-Nahlclose

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُمْ رَسُولٌ مِّنْهُمْ فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And there had certainly come to them a Messenger from among themselves, but they denied him; so punishment overtook them while they were wrongdoers.

  • Quran 22:57 · Al-Hajjclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَكَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

    And they who disbelieved and denied Our signs - for those there will be a humiliating punishment.

  • Quran 26:158 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ

    And the punishment seized them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.

  • Quran 83:33 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    وَمَآ أُرْسِلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ حَٰفِظِينَ

    But they had not been sent as guardians over them.

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.

  • Al-Hijr 15:112 shared roots

    وَمَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    ه-ز-أر-س-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:363 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ه-ز-أأ-خ-ذك-ف-ر

  • Al-Furqaan 25:413 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَأَوْكَ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى بَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ رَسُولًا

    ه-ز-أأ-خ-ذر-س-ل

  • Saba 34:172 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَهَلْ نُجَٰزِىٓ إِلَّا ٱلْكَفُورَ

    ج-ز-يك-ف-ر

  • Al-Jaathiya 45:93 shared roots

    وَإِذَا عَلِمَ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِنَا شَيْـًٔا ٱتَّخَذَهَا هُزُوًا أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

    ه-ز-أأ-خ-ذأ-ي-ي

  • Ar-Ra'd 13:324 shared roots

    وَلَقَدِ ٱسْتُهْزِئَ بِرُسُلٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَمْلَيْتُ لِلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ثُمَّ أَخَذْتُهُمْ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

    ه-ز-أأ-خ-ذر-س-لك-ف-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:106?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:106 include Quran 13:32 (Surah Ar-Ra'd), Quran 78:27 (Surah An-Naba), Quran 16:113 (Surah An-Nahl), and Quran 22:57 (Surah Al-Hajj). For example, 13:32 reads: “And already were [other] messengers ridiculed before you, and I extended the time of those who disbelieved; then I seized them, and how [terrible] was My penalty.” 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 18:106 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:106 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “That is their recompense - Hell - for what they denied and [because] they took My signs and My messengers in ridicule.”

Which surah is verse 18:106 in?

Quran 18:106 is āyah 106 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 18:106?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:106 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.