Surah Ash-Shura · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

بِهَا ٱلَّذِينَ لَا بِهَا وَٱلَّذِينَ مِنْهَا أَنَّهَا أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ فِى لَفِى ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it, but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.

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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 · 9 roots in 10 of 22 words

Recitation · 27 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī20
  • Iẓhār2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

22 words · 96 letters · āyah 18 of 53

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 22:55 · Al-Hajjclose

    وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ فِى مِرْيَةٍ مِّنْهُ حَتَّىٰ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً أَوْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَقِيمٍ

    But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt of it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly or there comes to them the punishment of a barren Day.

  • Quran 34:3 · Sabaclose

    وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَا تَأْتِينَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ قُلْ بَلَىٰ وَرَبِّى لَتَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ عَٰلِمِ ٱلْغَيْبِ لَا يَعْزُبُ عَنْهُ مِثْقَالُ ذَرَّةٍ فِى ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَلَا فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَآ أَصْغَرُ مِن ذَٰلِكَ وَلَآ أَكْبَرُ إِلَّا فِى كِتَٰبٍ مُّبِينٍ

    But those who disbelieve say, "The Hour will not come to us." Say, "Yes, by my Lord, it will surely come to you. [Allah is] the Knower of the unseen." Not absent from Him is an…

  • Quran 40:59 · Al-Ghaafirclose

    إِنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ لَـَٔاتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    Indeed, the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - but most of the people do not believe.

  • Quran 10:51 · Yunusclose

    أَثُمَّ إِذَا مَا وَقَعَ ءَامَنتُم بِهِۦٓ ءَآلْـَٰٔنَ وَقَدْ كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ

    Then is it that when it has [actually] occurred you will believe in it? Now? And you were [once] for it impatient

  • Quran 45:32 · Al-Jaathiyaclose

    وَإِذَا قِيلَ إِنَّ وَعْدَ ٱللَّهِ حَقٌّ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهَا قُلْتُم مَّا نَدْرِى مَا ٱلسَّاعَةُ إِن نَّظُنُّ إِلَّا ظَنًّا وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُسْتَيْقِنِينَ

    And when it was said, 'Indeed, the promise of Allah is truth and the Hour [is coming] - no doubt about it,' you said, 'We know not what is the Hour. We assume only assumption, and…

  • Quran 43:61 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

    And indeed, Jesus will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.

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.

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    م-ر-يح-ق-ق

  • Al-Baqara 2:1472 shared roots

    ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ

    م-ر-يح-ق-ق

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:613 shared roots

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَعِلْمٌ لِّلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَٱتَّبِعُونِ هَٰذَا صِرَٰطٌ مُّسْتَقِيمٌ

    م-ر-يس-و-عع-ل-م

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:492 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَخْشَوْنَ رَبَّهُم بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَهُم مِّنَ ٱلسَّاعَةِ مُشْفِقُونَ

    ش-ف-قس-و-ع

  • Maryam 19:342 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ قَوْلَ ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

    م-ر-يح-ق-ق

  • Al-Baqara 2:922 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُم مُّوسَىٰ بِٱلْبَيِّنَٰتِ ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلْعِجْلَ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ وَأَنتُمْ ظَٰلِمُونَ

    ع-ج-لب-ع-د

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 42:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 42:18 include Quran 22:55 (Surah Al-Hajj), Quran 34:3 (Surah Saba), Quran 40:59 (Surah Al-Ghaafir), and Quran 10:51 (Surah Yunus). For example, 22:55 reads: “But those who disbelieve will not cease to be in doubt of it until the Hour comes upon them unexpectedly or there comes to them the punishment of a barren Day.” 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 42:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 42:18 (Surah Ash-Shura, Consultation) reads: “Those who do not believe in it are impatient for it, but those who believe are fearful of it and know that it is the truth. Unquestionably, those who dispute concerning the Hour are in extreme error.”

Which surah is verse 42:18 in?

Quran 42:18 is āyah 18 of Surah Ash-Shura (Consultation), chapter 42 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 53 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 42:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 42:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.