Which Surah and Juz is Quran 18:95 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 18:95?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 18:95?

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

What topics does Quran 18:95 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Dhul-Qarnayn, Divine Authority, Justice, Community, Prophet Stories.

Ayah 94

قَالُوا۟ يَٰذَا ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ إِنَّ يَأْجُوجَ وَمَ...

18:95Al-Kahf

Q: What does Quran 18:95 mean?

Quran 18:95 (Surah Al-Kahf, Ayah 95) translates to: "He said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength; I will make between you and them a dam."

Ayah 96

ءَاتُونِى زُبَرَ ٱلْحَدِيدِ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا سَاوَ...

قَالَ مَا مَكَّنِّى فِيهِ رَبِّى خَيْرٌۭ فَأَعِينُونِى بِقُوَّةٍ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ رَدْمًا

Qaala maa makkannee feehi Rabbee khairun fa-a'eenoonee biquwwatin aj'al bainakum wa bainahum radmaa

He said, "That in which my Lord has established me is better [than what you offer], but assist me with strength; I will make between you and them a dam.

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29 ayahs in Al-Kahf are strongly about lessons from past peoples.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples18:93Until, when he reached [a pass] between two mountains, he found beside them a people who could hardly understand [his] speech.Next on Lessons from past peoples →18:96Bring me sheets of iron" - until, when he had leveled [them] between the two mountain walls, he said,

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He said ‘That wealth and so on wherewith my Lord has empowered me makkannī a variant reading has makkananī is better than the tribute that you offer me and so I have no need for it. I shall build for you the barrier without demanding a fee; so help me with strength in that which I will demand from you and I will build between you and them a rampart a fortified barricade.

You yourself fast uninterruptedly, whereupon he said: I am not like you. I am fed and supplied drink (by Allah).

Sunan Ibn Majah #3900It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:Sahih

“I had built a house to shelter me from the rain and the sun, during the time of Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and no creature of Allah helped me in building it.”

Sahih Muslim #5808Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

The similitude of mine and that of the Apostles (before me) is that of a person who constructed a building and he built it fine and well and the people went round it saying: Never have we seen a building more imposing than this. but for one brick, and I am that brick (with which you give the finishing touch to the building).

Sahih Muslim #5832This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn 'Umar and the words are:Sahih

That he said there would be before you a Cistern extending from jarba' and Adhruh and the same has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Muthanna and the wording is:" My Cistern."

Sunan Abu Dawud #3061Narrated Amr ibn Hurayth:Sahih

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) demarcated a house with a bow at Medina for me. He said: I shall give you more. I shall give you more.