Which Surah and Juz is Quran 36:18 from?

This ayah is from Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), the 36th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 22.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 36:18?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih al-Bukhari, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 36:18?

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

What topics does Quran 36:18 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Disbelief, Prophets, Divine Punishment, Accountability, Divine Justice.

Ayah 17

وَمَا عَلَيْنَآ إِلَّا ٱلْبَلَٰغُ ٱلْمُبِينُ...

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Q: What does Quran 36:18 mean?

Quran 36:18 (Surah Yaseen, Ayah 18) translates to: "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.""

Ayah 19

قَالُوا۟ طَٰٓئِرُكُم مَّعَكُمْ ۚ أَئِن ذُكِّرْتُم ...

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا تَطَيَّرْنَا بِكُمْ ۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهُوا۟ لَنَرْجُمَنَّكُمْ وَلَيَمَسَّنَّكُم مِّنَّا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ

Qaaloo innaa tataiyarnaa bikum la'il-lam tantahoo lanar jumannakum wa la-yamassan nakum minnaa 'azaabun aleem

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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Lessons from past peoples

36:18Ayah 183

12 ayahs in Yaseen are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples36:15They said, "You are not but human beings like us, and the Most Merciful has not revealed a thing. You are only telling lies."Next on Lessons from past peoples →36:19They said, "Your omen is with yourselves. Is it because you were reminded? Rather, you are a transgressing people."

Tafsir

Scholars largely agree on this ayah

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They said ‘We augur ill of you for we have been deprived of rain because of you. If la-in the lām is for oaths you do not desist we will surely stone you and there shall befall you at our hands a painful chastisement’.

Abu Jahl said, "O Allah! If this (Qur'an) is indeed the Truth from You), then rain down on us a shower of stones from the sky or bring on us a painful punishment." So there was revealed:-- 'But Allah would not punish them while you (Muhammad) were amongst them, nor will He punish them while they seek (Allah's) Forgiveness. And why Allah should not punish them while they stop (men) from Al-Masjid-al-Haram ..' (8.33-34)

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3274Narrated Umm Hani:Sahih

that regarding Allah's saying: '...And you practice evil in your meetings... (29:29) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "They would throw pebbles at people of the land and make a mockery of them."

Sahih al-Bukhari #4767Narrated Ibn `Abbas:Sahih

Abu Lahab said, "May you perish! Is it' for this that you have gathered us?" So there was revealed:'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab'.

Sahih al-Bukhari #462Narrated Al-Sa'ib bin Yazid:Sahih

I was standing in the mosque and somebody threw a gravel at me. I looked and found that he was `Umar bin Al-Khattab. He said to me, "Fetch those two men to me." When I did, he said to them, "Who are you? (Or) where do you come from?" They replied, "We are from Ta'if." `Umar said, "Were you from this city (Medina) I would have punished you for raising your voices in the mosque of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)."

Sunan Abu Dawud #459Abu Salih said:Sahih Maqtu'

It was said that when a man removed gravels from the mosque, they adjured him.