Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 17·Makkī

17

إِذَا عَن ذَاتَ وَإِذَا ذَاتَ وَهُمْ فِى مِّنْهُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْ مَن فَهُوَ وَمَن فَلَن لَهُۥ ﴿١٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [laying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allah. He whom Allah guides is the [rightly] guided, but he whom He leaves astray - never will you find for him a protecting guide.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

موقعیت اصحاب کهف در غار

خداوند در این آیه با بیانی کوتاه این معانی را فهمانده که غار اصحاب کهف. شرقی - غربی نبوده که از شعاع آفتاب فقط یک بار در روز - صبح یا بعد از ظهر - استفاده کند؛ بلکه ساختمانش قطبی بوده؛ یعنی در غار به طرف قطب جنوب قرار داشته که هم در هنگام طلوع و هم در هنگام غروب» شعاع آفتاب به داخل آن می‌تابیده است. همچنین افتاب به خود آنما نمی‌تابیده؛ چون از در غار دور بوده‌اند و در فضای وسیع غار قرار داشته‌اند. خداوند به این وسیله ایشان را از حرارت آفتاب و دگرگون شدن رنگ و رویشان و پوسیدن لباس‌هایشان حفظ فرموده است. همچنین آنان در خواب خود راحت بوده‌اند؛ زیرا هوای خوابگاهشان حبس نبوده؛ بلکه همواره در فضای غارء هوا از طرف شرق و غرب در جریان بوده و اصحاب کهف هم در گذرگاه این گردش هوا قرار داشته‌اند.

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 · 17 roots in 19 of 34 words

Rarest here: ف-ج-و used once in the whole Qurʾān

Recitation · 41 points across 8 rule families

  • Heavy rāʾ4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Lām shamsiyyah6
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Ikhfāʾ9
  • Qalqalah2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Light Allāh2

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

34 words · 126 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 17 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.

  • وَمَن يَهْدِ ٱللَّهُ فَهُوَ ٱلْمُهْتَدِ وَمَن يُضْلِلْ فَلَن تَجِدَ لَهُمْ أَوْلِيَآءَ مِن دُونِهِۦ وَنَحْشُرُهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ عُمْيًا وَبُكْمًا وَصُمًّا مَّأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ كُلَّمَا خَبَتْ زِدْنَٰهُمْ سَعِيرًا

    And whoever Allah guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of…

  • وَإِن كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكَ إِعْرَاضُهُمْ فَإِنِ ٱسْتَطَعْتَ أَن تَبْتَغِىَ نَفَقًا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَوْ سُلَّمًا فِى ٱلسَّمَآءِ فَتَأْتِيَهُم بِـَٔايَةٍ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ لَجَمَعَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْجَٰهِلِينَ

    And if their evasion is difficult for you, then if you are able to seek a tunnel into the earth or a stairway into the sky to bring them a sign, [then do so]. But if Allah had…

  • أَفَرَءَيْتَ مَنِ ٱتَّخَذَ إِلَٰهَهُۥ هَوَىٰهُ وَأَضَلَّهُ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ عِلْمٍ وَخَتَمَ عَلَىٰ سَمْعِهِۦ وَقَلْبِهِۦ وَجَعَلَ عَلَىٰ بَصَرِهِۦ غِشَٰوَةً فَمَن يَهْدِيهِ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱللَّهِ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    Have you seen he who has taken as his god his [own] desire, and Allah has sent him astray due to knowledge and has set a seal upon his hearing and his heart and put over his…

  • وَإِذْ غَدَوْتَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ تُبَوِّئُ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ مَقَٰعِدَ لِلْقِتَالِ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    And [remember] when you, [O Muhammad], left your family in the morning to post the believers at their stations for the battle [of Uhud] - and Allah is Hearing and Knowing -

  • إِذْ أَنتُم بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَهُم بِٱلْعُدْوَةِ ٱلْقُصْوَىٰ وَٱلرَّكْبُ أَسْفَلَ مِنكُمْ وَلَوْ تَوَاعَدتُّمْ لَٱخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِى ٱلْمِيعَٰدِ وَلَٰكِن لِّيَقْضِىَ ٱللَّهُ أَمْرًا كَانَ مَفْعُولًا لِّيَهْلِكَ مَنْ هَلَكَ عَنۢ بَيِّنَةٍ وَيَحْيَىٰ مَنْ حَىَّ عَنۢ بَيِّنَةٍ وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَسَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    [Remember] when you were on the near side of the valley, and they were on the farther side, and the caravan was lower [in position] than you. If you had made an appointment [to…

  • وَمَا مَنَعَ ٱلنَّاسَ أَن يُؤْمِنُوٓا۟ إِذْ جَآءَهُمُ ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ بَشَرًا رَّسُولًا

    And what prevented the people from believing when guidance came to them except that they said, "Has Allah sent a human messenger?"

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.

  • Qaaf 50:393 shared roots

    فَٱصْبِرْ عَلَىٰ مَا يَقُولُونَ وَسَبِّحْ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّكَ قَبْلَ طُلُوعِ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَقَبْلَ ٱلْغُرُوبِ

    غ-ر-بط-ل-عش-م-س

  • Ad-Dhuhaa 93:73 shared roots

    وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ

    و-ج-دض-ل-له-د-ي

  • Al-A'raaf 7:173 shared roots

    ثُمَّ لَـَٔاتِيَنَّهُم مِّنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ وَعَنْ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ وَعَن شَمَآئِلِهِمْ وَلَا تَجِدُ أَكْثَرَهُمْ شَٰكِرِينَ

    ش-م-لي-م-نو-ج-د

  • Qaaf 50:172 shared roots

    إِذْ يَتَلَقَّى ٱلْمُتَلَقِّيَانِ عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ وَعَنِ ٱلشِّمَالِ قَعِيدٌ

    ش-م-لي-م-ن

  • Al-Kahf 18:903 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا

    ط-ل-عش-م-سو-ج-د

  • Al-Kahf 18:903 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ مَطْلِعَ ٱلشَّمْسِ وَجَدَهَا تَطْلُعُ عَلَىٰ قَوْمٍ لَّمْ نَجْعَل لَّهُم مِّن دُونِهَا سِتْرًا

    ط-ل-عش-م-سو-ج-د

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:17?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:17 include Quran 17:97 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 6:35 (Surah Al-An'aam), Quran 45:23 (Surah Al-Jaathiya), and Quran 3:121 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 17:97 reads: “And whoever Allah guides - he is the [rightly] guided; and whoever He sends astray - you will never find for them protectors besides Him, and We will gather them on the Day of…” 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 18:17 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:17 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “And [had you been present], you would see the sun when it rose, inclining away from their cave on the right, and when it set, passing away from them on the left, while they were [laying] within an open space thereof. That was from the signs of Allah. He whom…”

Which surah is verse 18:17 in?

Quran 18:17 is āyah 17 of Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), chapter 18 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 110 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 18:17?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 18:17 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 18:17?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:17 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.