Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 48·Makkī

48

عَلَىٰ لَّقَدْ كَمَا بَلْ أَلَّن لَكُم ﴿٤٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never make for you an appointment."

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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 · 10 roots in 10 of 16 words

Recitation · 22 points across 6 rule families

  • Light rāʾ3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ4
  • Qalqalah3
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Ghunnah2

Commentary

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

Shape

16 words · 62 letters · āyah 48 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 56:57 · Al-Waaqiavery close

    نَحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ فَلَوْلَا تُصَدِّقُونَ

    We have created you, so why do you not believe?

  • Quran 43:49 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ يَٰٓأَيُّهَ ٱلسَّاحِرُ ٱدْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِندَكَ إِنَّنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ

    And they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."

  • Quran 36:17 · Yaseenclose

    وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ

    And we are not responsible except for clear notification."

  • Quran 43:13 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ

    That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and…

  • Quran 7:172 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَإِذْ أَخَذَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ ءَادَمَ مِن ظُهُورِهِمْ ذُرِّيَّتَهُمْ وَأَشْهَدَهُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُوا۟ بَلَىٰ شَهِدْنَآ أَن تَقُولُوا۟ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّا كُنَّا عَنْ هَٰذَا غَٰفِلِينَ

    And [mention] when your Lord took from the children of Adam - from their loins - their descendants and made them testify of themselves, [saying to them], "Am I not your Lord?"…

  • Quran 41:21 · Fussilatclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ لِجُلُودِهِمْ لِمَ شَهِدتُّمْ عَلَيْنَا قَالُوٓا۟ أَنطَقَنَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنطَقَ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ وَهُوَ خَلَقَكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

    And they will say to their skins, "Why have you testified against us?" They will say, "We were made to speak by Allah, who has made everything speak; and He created you the first…

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-Fajr 89:223 shared roots

    وَجَآءَ رَبُّكَ وَٱلْمَلَكُ صَفًّا صَفًّا

    ص-ف-فج-ي-أر-ب-ب

  • Yusuf 12:1052 shared roots

    وَكَأَيِّن مِّنْ ءَايَةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَمُرُّونَ عَلَيْهَا وَهُمْ عَنْهَا مُعْرِضُونَ

    م-ر-رع-ر-ض

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1372 shared roots

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    أ-و-لخ-ل-ق

  • Al-An'aam 6:945 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ جِئْتُمُونَا فُرَٰدَىٰ كَمَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَتَرَكْتُم مَّا خَوَّلْنَٰكُمْ وَرَآءَ ظُهُورِكُمْ وَمَا نَرَىٰ مَعَكُمْ شُفَعَآءَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُمْ أَنَّهُمْ فِيكُمْ شُرَكَٰٓؤُا۟ لَقَد تَّقَطَّعَ بَيْنَكُمْ وَضَلَّ عَنكُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ

    ز-ع-مم-ر-رأ-و-لخ-ل-قج-ي-أ

  • Yaseen 36:793 shared roots

    قُلْ يُحْيِيهَا ٱلَّذِىٓ أَنشَأَهَآ أَوَّلَ مَرَّةٍ وَهُوَ بِكُلِّ خَلْقٍ عَلِيمٌ

    م-ر-رأ-و-لخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Qamar 54:22 shared roots

    وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةً يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

    م-ر-رع-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:48?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:48 include Quran 56:57 (Surah Al-Waaqia), Quran 43:49 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 36:17 (Surah Yaseen), and Quran 43:13 (Surah Az-Zukhruf). For example, 56:57 reads: “We have created you, so why do you not believe?” 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 18:48 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:48 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “And they will be presented before your Lord in rows, [and He will say], "You have certainly come to Us just as We created you the first time. But you claimed that We would never make for you an appointment."”

Which surah is verse 18:48 in?

Quran 18:48 is āyah 48 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 18:48?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:48 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.