Surah Al-Kahf · Ayah 59·Makkī

59

وَتِلْكَ لَمَّا ﴿٥٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.

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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 · 5 roots in 6 of 8 words

Recitation · 12 points across 6 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Madd munfaṣil5
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 42 letters · āyah 59 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 27:51 · An-Namlclose

    فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.

  • Quran 17:16 · Al-Israaclose

    وَإِذَآ أَرَدْنَآ أَن نُّهْلِكَ قَرْيَةً أَمَرْنَا مُتْرَفِيهَا فَفَسَقُوا۟ فِيهَا فَحَقَّ عَلَيْهَا ٱلْقَوْلُ فَدَمَّرْنَٰهَا تَدْمِيرًا

    And when We intend to destroy a city, We command its affluent but they defiantly disobey therein; so the word comes into effect upon it, and We destroy it with [complete]…

  • Quran 21:11 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَكَمْ قَصَمْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ كَانَتْ ظَالِمَةً وَأَنشَأْنَا بَعْدَهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    And how many a city which was unjust have We shattered and produced after it another people.

  • Quran 23:41 · Al-Muminoonclose

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ غُثَآءً فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    So the shriek seized them in truth, and We made them as [plant] stubble. Then away with the wrongdoing people.

  • Quran 43:55 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    فَلَمَّآ ءَاسَفُونَا ٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

  • Quran 7:4 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ

    And how many cities have We destroyed, and Our punishment came to them at night or while they were sleeping at noon.

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-Anbiyaa 21:62 shared roots

    مَآ ءَامَنَتْ قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَفَهُمْ يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Al-Hijr 15:42 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا وَلَهَا كِتَابٌ مَّعْلُومٌ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2082 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَرْيَةٍ إِلَّا لَهَا مُنذِرُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-ك

  • Hud 11:1173 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ رَبُّكَ لِيُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا مُصْلِحُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-كظ-ل-م

  • Al-An'aam 6:1313 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ أَن لَّمْ يَكُن رَّبُّكَ مُهْلِكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ بِظُلْمٍ وَأَهْلُهَا غَٰفِلُونَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-كظ-ل-م

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:313 shared roots

    وَلَمَّا جَآءَتْ رُسُلُنَآ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ بِٱلْبُشْرَىٰ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا مُهْلِكُوٓا۟ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِنَّ أَهْلَهَا كَانُوا۟ ظَٰلِمِينَ

    ق-ر-يه-ل-كظ-ل-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 18:59?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 18:59 include Quran 27:51 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 17:16 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 21:11 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 23:41 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 27:51 reads: “Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.” 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 18:59 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 18:59 (Surah Al-Kahf, The Cave) reads: “And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.”

Which surah is verse 18:59 in?

Quran 18:59 is āyah 59 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 18:59?

Tartīl presents Quran 18:59 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.