Surah Yaseen · Ayah 18·Makkī

18

إِنَّا بِكُمْ لَئِن لَّمْ مِّنَّا ﴿١٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 12 words

Recitation · 20 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Ghunnah5
  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Idghām (without ghunnah)3

Commentary

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

Shape

12 words · 55 letters · āyah 18 of 83

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.

  • وَلَئِن مَّسَّتْهُمْ نَفْحَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ رَبِّكَ لَيَقُولُنَّ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."

  • إِنَّا مُنزِلُونَ عَلَىٰٓ أَهْلِ هَٰذِهِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ رِجْزًا مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

    Indeed, we will bring down on the people of this city punishment from the sky because they have been defiantly disobedient."

  • فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوكُم بِمَا تَقُولُونَ فَمَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ صَرْفًا وَلَا نَصْرًا وَمَن يَظْلِم مِّنكُمْ نُذِقْهُ عَذَابًا كَبِيرًا

    So they will deny you, [disbelievers], in what you say, and you cannot avert [punishment] or [find] help. And whoever commits injustice among you - We will make him taste a great…

  • وَٱلَّذِينَ يَسْعَوْنَ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ مُحْضَرُونَ

    And the ones who strive against Our verses to cause [them] failure - those will be brought into the punishment [to remain].

  • فَإِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَإِنَّا مِنْهُم مُّنتَقِمُونَ

    And whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.

  • قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا مُنقَلِبُونَ

    They said, "Indeed, to our Lord we will return.

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:1163 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَ

    ر-ج-من-ه-يق-و-ل

  • Al-Maaida 5:735 shared roots

    لَّقَدْ كَفَرَ ٱلَّذِينَ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ثَالِثُ ثَلَٰثَةٍ وَمَا مِنْ إِلَٰهٍ إِلَّآ إِلَٰهٌ وَٰحِدٌ وَإِن لَّمْ يَنتَهُوا۟ عَمَّا يَقُولُونَ لَيَمَسَّنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنْهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    ن-ه-يم-س-سأ-ل-مع-ذ-بق-و-ل

  • Saad 38:772 shared roots

    قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

    ر-ج-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:342 shared roots

    قَالَ فَٱخْرُجْ مِنْهَا فَإِنَّكَ رَجِيمٌ

    ر-ج-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:502 shared roots

    وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ

    أ-ل-مع-ذ-ب

  • At-Takwir 81:252 shared roots

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَيْطَٰنٍ رَّجِيمٍ

    ر-ج-مق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 36:18?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 36:18 include Quran 21:46 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 29:34 (Surah Al-Ankaboot), Quran 25:19 (Surah Al-Furqaan), and Quran 34:38 (Surah Saba). For example, 21:46 reads: “And if [as much as] a whiff of the punishment of your Lord should touch them, they would surely say, "O woe to us! Indeed, we have been wrongdoers."” 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 36:18 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 36:18 (Surah Yaseen, Yaseen) reads: “They said, "Indeed, we consider you a bad omen. If you do not desist, we will surely stone you, and there will surely touch you, from us, a painful punishment."”

Which surah is verse 36:18 in?

Quran 36:18 is āyah 18 of Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), chapter 36 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 83 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 36:18?

Tartīl presents Quran 36:18 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.