Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

أَلَمْ فِينَا فِينَا مِنْ ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 10 words

Recitation · 12 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 38 letters · āyah 18 of 227

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 20:41 · Taa-Haaclose

    وَٱصْطَنَعْتُكَ لِنَفْسِى

    And I produced you for Myself.

  • Quran 93:7 · Ad-Dhuhaaclose

    وَوَجَدَكَ ضَآلًّا فَهَدَىٰ

    And He found you lost and guided [you],

  • 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 20:95 · Taa-Haaclose

    قَالَ فَمَا خَطْبُكَ يَٰسَٰمِرِىُّ

    [Moses] said, "And what is your case, O Samiri?"

  • Quran 28:45 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَلَٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًا فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَلَٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

    But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration. And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We…

  • Quran 20:35 · Taa-Haaclose

    إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

    Indeed, You are of us ever Seeing."

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-Muminoon 23:1123 shared roots

    قَٰلَ كَمْ لَبِثْتُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ عَدَدَ سِنِينَ

    س-ن-ول-ب-ثق-و-ل

  • Yunus 10:163 shared roots

    قُل لَّوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا تَلَوْتُهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَدْرَىٰكُم بِهِۦ فَقَدْ لَبِثْتُ فِيكُمْ عُمُرًا مِّن قَبْلِهِۦٓ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ

    ع-م-رل-ب-ثق-و-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1142 shared roots

    قَٰلَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    ل-ب-ثق-و-ل

  • 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

  • Yusuf 12:423 shared roots

    وَقَالَ لِلَّذِى ظَنَّ أَنَّهُۥ نَاجٍ مِّنْهُمَا ٱذْكُرْنِى عِندَ رَبِّكَ فَأَنسَىٰهُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ ذِكْرَ رَبِّهِۦ فَلَبِثَ فِى ٱلسِّجْنِ بِضْعَ سِنِينَ

    س-ن-ول-ب-ثق-و-ل

  • Al-Kahf 18:252 shared roots

    وَلَبِثُوا۟ فِى كَهْفِهِمْ ثَلَٰثَ مِا۟ئَةٍ سِنِينَ وَٱزْدَادُوا۟ تِسْعًا

    س-ن-ول-ب-ث

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:18 include Quran 20:41 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 93:7 (Surah Ad-Dhuhaa), Quran 7:172 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 20:95 (Surah Taa-Haa). For example, 20:41 reads: “And I produced you for Myself.” 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 26:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:18 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “[Pharaoh] said, "Did we not raise you among us as a child, and you remained among us for years of your life?”

Which surah is verse 26:18 in?

Quran 26:18 is āyah 18 of Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets), chapter 26 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 227 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 26:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.