Which Surah and Juz is Quran 18:101 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Kahf (The Cave), the 18th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 16.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 18:101?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 18:101?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

Ayah 100

وَعَرَضْنَا جَهَنَّمَ يَوْمَئِذٍۢ لِّلْكَٰفِرِينَ ...

18:101Al-Kahf

Q: What does Quran 18:101 mean?

Quran 18:101 (Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 101) translates to: "Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear."

Q: What topics does Quran 18:101 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Hellfire, Day of Judgment, Divine Punishment, Disbelief, Spiritual Blindness.

Ayah 102

أَفَحَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ أَن يَتَّخِذُوا۟ ع...

ٱلَّذِينَ كَانَتْ أَعْيُنُهُمْ فِى غِطَآءٍ عَن ذِكْرِى وَكَانُوا۟ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ سَمْعًا

Allazeena kaanat a'yunuhum fee ghitaaa'in 'an zikree wa kaanoo la yastatee'oona sam'aa

Those whose eyes had been within a cover [removed] from My remembrance, and they were not able to hear.

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Day of Judgment

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9 ayahs in Al-Kahf are strongly about the Day of Judgment.

← Previous on Day of Judgment18:100And We will present Hell that Day to the Disbelievers, on display -Next on Day of Judgment →18:105Those are the ones who disbelieve in the verses of their Lord and in [their] meeting Him, so their deeds have become worthless;

Tafsir

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those disbelievers whose eyes alladhīna kānat a‘yunuhum substitutes for al-kāfirīna ‘the disbelievers’ were masked from My remembrance namely the Qur’ān such that they were blind unable to be guided thereby and who could not bear to hear that is to say they were unable to listen to what the Prophet used to recite to them out of spite for him and so they did not believe therein.

I have prepared for My pious servants which the eye has seen not, and the ear has heard not and no human heart has ever perceived such bounties leaving aside those about which Allah has informed you. He then recited:" No soul knows what comfort has been hidden for thein".

Sunan Ibn Majah #779It was narrated from Jabir bin Samurah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:Da'if

“Let those who lift their gaze to the heavens desist, or their sight will not come back.”

Sahih Muslim #5496Abu Huraira reported having heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say:Sahih

He who peeped into the house of people without their consent, it is permissible for them to put out his eyes.

Sunan Abu Dawud #2380Al-A'mash said:Sahih

I did not see any of our companions who abominated the use of collyrium by a man who fasting. Ibrahim would permit the man who was fasting to apply collyrium with aloes.