Surah Al-Baqara · Ayah 42·Madanī

42

وَلَا وَأَنتُمْ ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].

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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 · 5 roots in 6 of 8 words

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 41 letters · āyah 42 of 286

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.

  • Quran 3:71 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    O People of the Scripture, why do you confuse the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?

  • Quran 34:49 · Sabaclose

    قُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَمَا يُعِيدُ

    Say, "The truth has come, and falsehood can neither begin [anything] nor repeat [it]."

  • Quran 3:60 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ فَلَا تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْمُمْتَرِينَ

    The truth is from your Lord, so do not be among the doubters.

  • Quran 21:18 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    بَلْ نَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَى ٱلْبَٰطِلِ فَيَدْمَغُهُۥ فَإِذَا هُوَ زَاهِقٌ وَلَكُمُ ٱلْوَيْلُ مِمَّا تَصِفُونَ

    Rather, We dash the truth upon falsehood, and it destroys it, and thereupon it departs. And for you is destruction from that which you describe.

  • Quran 41:42 · Fussilatclose

    لَّا يَأْتِيهِ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ تَنزِيلٌ مِّنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ

    Falsehood cannot approach it from before it or from behind it; [it is] a revelation from a [Lord who is] Wise and Praiseworthy.

  • Quran 25:33 · Al-Furqaanclose

    وَلَا يَأْتُونَكَ بِمَثَلٍ إِلَّا جِئْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَحْسَنَ تَفْسِيرًا

    And they do not come to you with an argument except that We bring you the truth and the best explanation.

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.

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:715 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَهْلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لِمَ تَلْبِسُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ بِٱلْبَٰطِلِ وَتَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَأَنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ت-مل-ب-سب-ط-لح-ق-قع-ل-م

  • Al-Baqara 2:1463 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ت-مح-ق-قع-ل-م

  • Al-Baqara 2:1463 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ يَعْرِفُونَهُۥ كَمَا يَعْرِفُونَ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنْهُمْ لَيَكْتُمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ت-مح-ق-قع-ل-م

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:1102 shared roots

    إِنَّهُۥ يَعْلَمُ ٱلْجَهْرَ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْلِ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا تَكْتُمُونَ

    ك-ت-مع-ل-م

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1182 shared roots

    فَوَقَعَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَبَطَلَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    ب-ط-لح-ق-ق

  • Al-Anfaal 8:82 shared roots

    لِيُحِقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    ب-ط-لح-ق-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 2:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 2:42 include Quran 3:71 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 34:49 (Surah Saba), Quran 3:60 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), and Quran 21:18 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa). For example, 3:71 reads: “O People of the Scripture, why do you confuse the truth with falsehood and conceal the truth while you know [it]?” 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 2:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 2:42 (Surah Al-Baqara, The Cow) reads: “And do not mix the truth with falsehood or conceal the truth while you know [it].”

Which surah is verse 2:42 in?

Quran 2:42 is āyah 42 of Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), chapter 2 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 286 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 2:42?

Tartīl presents Quran 2:42 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.