Surah Al-Qalam · Ayah 42·Makkī

42

عَن إِلَى فَلَا ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 9 words

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Qalqalah1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 38 letters · āyah 42 of 52

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 77:36 · Al-Mursalaatclose

    وَلَا يُؤْذَنُ لَهُمْ فَيَعْتَذِرُونَ

    Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.

  • Quran 83:15 · Al-Mutaffifinclose

    كَلَّآ إِنَّهُمْ عَن رَّبِّهِمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ لَّمَحْجُوبُونَ

    No! Indeed, from their Lord, that Day, they will be partitioned.

  • Quran 75:30 · Al-Qiyaamaclose

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

    To your Lord, that Day, will be the procession.

  • Quran 70:44 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

    Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

  • Quran 29:55 · Al-Ankabootclose

    يَوْمَ يَغْشَىٰهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ مِن فَوْقِهِمْ وَمِن تَحْتِ أَرْجُلِهِمْ وَيَقُولُ ذُوقُوا۟ مَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    On the Day the punishment will cover them from above them and from below their feet and it is said, "Taste [the result of] what you used to do."

  • Quran 43:13 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ

    That you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and…

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.

  • Al-Qiyaama 75:302 shared roots

    إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ يَوْمَئِذٍ ٱلْمَسَاقُ

    س-و-قي-و-م

  • Al-Alaq 96:192 shared roots

    كَلَّا لَا تُطِعْهُ وَٱسْجُدْ وَٱقْتَرِب

    س-ج-دط-و-ع

  • Al-An'aam 6:412 shared roots

    بَلْ إِيَّاهُ تَدْعُونَ فَيَكْشِفُ مَا تَدْعُونَ إِلَيْهِ إِن شَآءَ وَتَنسَوْنَ مَا تُشْرِكُونَ

    ك-ش-فد-ع-و

  • Al-Jinn 72:182 shared roots

    وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًا

    س-ج-دد-ع-و

  • An-Naml 27:442 shared roots

    قِيلَ لَهَا ٱدْخُلِى ٱلصَّرْحَ فَلَمَّا رَأَتْهُ حَسِبَتْهُ لُجَّةً وَكَشَفَتْ عَن سَاقَيْهَا قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ صَرْحٌ مُّمَرَّدٌ مِّن قَوَارِيرَ قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى ظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِى وَأَسْلَمْتُ مَعَ سُلَيْمَٰنَ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    س-و-قك-ش-ف

  • Al-Israa 17:562 shared roots

    قُلِ ٱدْعُوا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ زَعَمْتُم مِّن دُونِهِۦ فَلَا يَمْلِكُونَ كَشْفَ ٱلضُّرِّ عَنكُمْ وَلَا تَحْوِيلًا

    ك-ش-فد-ع-و

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 68:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 68:42 include Quran 77:36 (Surah Al-Mursalaat), Quran 83:15 (Surah Al-Mutaffifin), Quran 75:30 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), and Quran 70:44 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij). For example, 77:36 reads: “Nor will it be permitted for them to make an excuse.” 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 68:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 68:42 (Surah Al-Qalam, The Pen) reads: “The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,”

Which surah is verse 68:42 in?

Quran 68:42 is āyah 42 of Surah Al-Qalam (The Pen), chapter 68 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 52 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 68:42?

Tartīl presents Quran 68:42 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.