Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 25·Makkī

25

فِى ﴿٢٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.

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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 8 words

Rarest here: ك-ه-ف — 6× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 36 letters · āyah 25 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 18:11 · Al-Kahfclose

    فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا

    So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.

  • Quran 18:9 · Al-Kahfrelated

    أَمْ حَسِبْتَ أَنَّ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْكَهْفِ وَٱلرَّقِيمِ كَانُوا۟ مِنْ ءَايَٰتِنَا عَجَبًا

    Or have you thought that the companions of the cave and the inscription were, among Our signs, a wonder?

  • Quran 50:36 · Qaafrelated

    وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَشَدُّ مِنْهُم بَطْشًا فَنَقَّبُوا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ هَلْ مِن مَّحِيصٍ

    And how many a generation before them did We destroy who were greater than them in [striking] power and had explored throughout the lands. Is there any place of escape?

  • Quran 27:48 · An-Namlrelated

    وَكَانَ فِى ٱلْمَدِينَةِ تِسْعَةُ رَهْطٍ يُفْسِدُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَا يُصْلِحُونَ

    And there were in the city nine family heads causing corruption in the land and not amending [its affairs].

  • Quran 37:144 · As-Saaffaatrelated

    لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

    He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.

  • Quran 29:14 · Al-Ankabootrelated

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    And We certainly sent Noah to his people, and he remained among them a thousand years minus fifty years, and the flood seized them while they were wrongdoers.

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-Kahf 18:112 shared roots

    فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا

    ك-ه-فس-ن-و

  • Al-Kahf 18:112 shared roots

    فَضَرَبْنَا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ فِى ٱلْكَهْفِ سِنِينَ عَدَدًا

    ك-ه-فس-ن-و

  • As-Saaffaat 37:1472 shared roots

    وَأَرْسَلْنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ

    م-أ-يز-ي-د

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1122 shared roots

    قَٰلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ

    س-ن-ول-ب-ث

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:182 shared roots

    قَالَ أَلَمْ نُرَبِّكَ فِينَا وَلِيدًا وَلَبِثْتَ فِينَا مِنْ عُمُرِكَ سِنِينَ

    س-ن-ول-ب-ث

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:142 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ ٱلطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    س-ن-ول-ب-ث

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:25?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:25 include Quran 18:11 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 18:9 (Surah Al-Kahf), Quran 50:36 (Surah Qaaf), and Quran 27:48 (Surah An-Naml). For example, 18:11 reads: “So We cast [a cover of sleep] over their ears within the cave for a number of years.” 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 18:25 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:25 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “And they remained in their cave for three hundred years and exceeded by nine.”

Which surah is verse 18:25 in?

Quran 18:25 is āyah 25 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 18:25?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:25 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.