Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 50·Makkī

50

وَإِذْ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ مِنَ عَنْ مِن وَهُمْ لَكُمْ ﴿٥٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to you? Wretched it is for the wrongdoers as an exchange.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

جنی در صف فوشتگان

از این آیه به خوبی فهمیده می‌شود که ابلیس - چنان که برخی به اشتباه پنداشته‌اند - از فرشتگان نبوده؛ بلکه از طایفة جن است. به طور کلی از یات قرآن و روایات معصومین(ع) استفاده می‌شود که مقام ابلیس بر اثر عبادت فراوانش چنان بالا رفت که در صف فرشتگان مقرب خدا در آمد؛ اما به خاطر تکبر در برابر فرمان خدا و خودداری از سجدة بر آدم(ع) از آن مقام والا رانده و مشمول خشم المی شد. > **پانوشت صفحه (منابع):** > ۱- المیزان» ۰۱۳ ص ۳۱۵ ۲ نمونهء چ۱۳ ص ۴۵۱ ۳ المیزان» ۱۳ ص ۳۲۰ > ۴ نمونهء ج۰۱۲ ص ۴۵۷ > ۲- نمونه ج۰۱۲ ص ۴۵۱ > ۴ نمونهء چ۱۳ ص ۴۵۷ ۵ پیشین» ص ۴۶۶ > ۳ المیزان» ج۰۱۳ ص ۳۲۰ > **Cited sources** (grade before any load-bearing use): Tafsīr Nemūneh, al-Mīzān.

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 18 of 26 words

Recitation · 25 points across 7 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī12
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Iẓhār4
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Light rāʾ3

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

26 words · 110 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 50 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.

  • وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.

  • وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا

    And [mention] when We said to the angles, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He said, "Should I prostrate to one You created from clay?"

  • إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ ٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    Except Iblees; he was arrogant and became among the disbelievers.

  • فَقُلْنَا يَٰٓـَٔادَمُ إِنَّ هَٰذَا عَدُوٌّ لَّكَ وَلِزَوْجِكَ فَلَا يُخْرِجَنَّكُمَا مِنَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ فَتَشْقَىٰٓ

    So We said, "O Adam, indeed this is an enemy to you and to your wife. Then let him not remove you from Paradise so you would suffer.

  • وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

    And We have certainly created you, [O Mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of…

  • إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ فِيمَ كُنتُمْ قَالُوا۟ كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِيهَا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا

    Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land."…

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.

  • Taa-Haa 20:1164 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ

    أ-د-مس-ج-دم-ل-كق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:115 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

    أ-د-مس-ج-دم-ل-كك-و-نق-و-ل

  • Al-Israa 17:614 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ قَالَ ءَأَسْجُدُ لِمَنْ خَلَقْتَ طِينًا

    أ-د-مس-ج-دم-ل-كق-و-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:345 shared roots

    وَإِذْ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ أَبَىٰ وَٱسْتَكْبَرَ وَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    أ-د-مس-ج-دم-ل-كك-و-نق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1725 shared roots

    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

    أ-د-مذ-ر-رأ-خ-ذر-ب-بك-و-ن

  • Qaaf 50:293 shared roots

    مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَلَّٰمٍ لِّلْعَبِيدِ

    ب-د-لظ-ل-مق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:50?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:50 include Quran 2:34 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 17:61 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 38:74 (Surah Saad), and Quran 20:117 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 2:34 reads: “And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate before Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He refused and was arrogant and became of the disbelievers.” 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 18:50 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:50 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “And [mention] when We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam," and they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was of the jinn and departed from the command of his Lord. Then will you take him and his descendants as allies other than Me while they are enemies to…”

Which surah is verse 18:50 in?

Quran 18:50 is āyah 50 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 18:50?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 18:50 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 18:50?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:50 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.