Surah At-Takwir · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

إِذَا ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And by the dawn when it breathes

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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 · 2 roots in 2 of 3 words

Recitation · 3 points across 3 rule families

  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1

Commentary

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

Shape

3 words · 13 letters · āyah 18 of 29

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

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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-Maaida 5:302 shared roots

    فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

    ص-ب-حن-ف-س

  • Al-Maaida 5:522 shared roots

    فَتَرَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِى قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِيهِمْ يَقُولُونَ نَخْشَىٰٓ أَن تُصِيبَنَا دَآئِرَةٌ فَعَسَى ٱللَّهُ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِٱلْفَتْحِ أَوْ أَمْرٍ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَيُصْبِحُوا۟ عَلَىٰ مَآ أَسَرُّوا۟ فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ نَٰدِمِينَ

    ص-ب-حن-ف-س

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 81:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 81:18 include Quran 74:34 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 69:39 (Surah Al-Haaqqa), Quran 89:5 (Surah Al-Fajr), and Quran 73:5 (Surah Al-Muzzammil). For example, 74:34 reads: “And [by] the morning when it brightens,” 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 81:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 81:18 (Surah At-Takwir, The Overthrowing) reads: “And by the dawn when it breathes”

Which surah is verse 81:18 in?

Quran 81:18 is āyah 18 of Surah At-Takwir (The Overthrowing), chapter 81 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 29 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 81:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 81:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.