Surah Ash-Shura · Ayah 39·Makkī

39

وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ هُمْ ﴿٣٩﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they defend themselves,

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 6 words

Recitation · 7 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 29 letters · āyah 39 of 53

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 70:32 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِأَمَٰنَٰتِهِمْ وَعَهْدِهِمْ رَٰعُونَ

    And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive

  • Quran 37:25 · As-Saaffaatclose

    مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَنَاصَرُونَ

    [They will be asked], "What is [wrong] with you? Why do you not help each other?"

  • Quran 70:29 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَٰفِظُونَ

    And those who guard their private parts

  • Quran 3:111 · Aal-i-Imraanclose

    لَن يَضُرُّوكُمْ إِلَّآ أَذًى وَإِن يُقَٰتِلُوكُمْ يُوَلُّوكُمُ ٱلْأَدْبَارَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    They will not harm you except for [some] annoyance. And if they fight you, they will show you their backs; then they will not be aided.

  • Quran 26:227 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَذَكَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَٱنتَصَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا ظُلِمُوا۟ وَسَيَعْلَمُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَىَّ مُنقَلَبٍ يَنقَلِبُونَ

    Except those [poets] who believe and do righteous deeds and remember Allah often and defend [the Muslims] after they were wronged. And those who have wronged are going to know to…

  • Quran 2:175 · Al-Baqaraclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْعَذَابَ بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ فَمَآ أَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ

    Those are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are in pursuit of the Fire!

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-Hajj 22:602 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكَ وَمَنْ عَاقَبَ بِمِثْلِ مَا عُوقِبَ بِهِۦ ثُمَّ بُغِىَ عَلَيْهِ لَيَنصُرَنَّهُ ٱللَّهُ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَعَفُوٌّ غَفُورٌ

    ب-غ-ين-ص-ر

  • Al-Hashr 59:82 shared roots

    لِلْفُقَرَآءِ ٱلْمُهَٰجِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ أُخْرِجُوا۟ مِن دِيَٰرِهِمْ وَأَمْوَٰلِهِمْ يَبْتَغُونَ فَضْلًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِضْوَٰنًا وَيَنصُرُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلصَّٰدِقُونَ

    ب-غ-ين-ص-ر

  • Al-Baqara 2:2652 shared roots

    وَمَثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمُ ٱبْتِغَآءَ مَرْضَاتِ ٱللَّهِ وَتَثْبِيتًا مِّنْ أَنفُسِهِمْ كَمَثَلِ جَنَّةٍۭ بِرَبْوَةٍ أَصَابَهَا وَابِلٌ فَـَٔاتَتْ أُكُلَهَا ضِعْفَيْنِ فَإِن لَّمْ يُصِبْهَا وَابِلٌ فَطَلٌّ وَٱللَّهُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ بَصِيرٌ

    ص-و-بب-غ-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 42:39?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 42:39 include Quran 70:32 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), Quran 37:25 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 70:29 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), and Quran 3:111 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan). For example, 70:32 reads: “And those who are to their trusts and promises attentive” 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 42:39 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 42:39 (Surah Ash-Shura, Consultation) reads: “And those who, when tyranny strikes them, they defend themselves,”

Which surah is verse 42:39 in?

Quran 42:39 is āyah 39 of Surah Ash-Shura (Consultation), chapter 42 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 53 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 42:39?

Tartīl presents Quran 42:39 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.