Surah At-Tur · Ayah 42·Makkī

42

أَمْ فَٱلَّذِينَ هُمُ ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.

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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 4 of 7 words

Recitation · 11 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 33 letters · āyah 42 of 49

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.

  • يُخَٰدِعُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَمَا يَخْدَعُونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    They [think to] deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.

  • ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْتُونَ ٱلزَّكَوٰةَ وَهُم بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    Those who do not give zakah, and in the Hereafter they are disbelievers.

  • فَمَالِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ قِبَلَكَ مُهْطِعِينَ

    So what is [the matter] with those who disbelieve, hastening [from] before you, [O Muhammad],

  • وَأَكِيدُ كَيْدًا

    But I am planning a plan.

  • وَدَّت طَّآئِفَةٌ مِّنْ أَهْلِ ٱلْكِتَٰبِ لَوْ يُضِلُّونَكُمْ وَمَا يُضِلُّونَ إِلَّآ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَمَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    A faction of the people of the Scripture wish they could mislead you. But they do not mislead except themselves, and they perceive [it] not.

  • وَيَقُولُونَ ءَامَنَّا بِٱللَّهِ وَبِٱلرَّسُولِ وَأَطَعْنَا ثُمَّ يَتَوَلَّىٰ فَرِيقٌ مِّنْهُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَمَآ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ بِٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    But the hypocrites say, "We have believed in Allah and in the Messenger, and we obey"; then a party of them turns away after that. And those are not believers.

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-Anbiyaa 21:702 shared roots

    وَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرِينَ

    ك-ي-در-و-د

  • As-Saaffaat 37:982 shared roots

    فَأَرَادُوا۟ بِهِۦ كَيْدًا فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمُ ٱلْأَسْفَلِينَ

    ك-ي-در-و-د

  • Al-Anfaal 8:182 shared roots

    ذَٰلِكُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ مُوهِنُ كَيْدِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    ك-ي-دك-ف-ر

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:252 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا۟ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَبْنَآءَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ وَٱسْتَحْيُوا۟ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَمَا كَيْدُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ إِلَّا فِى ضَلَٰلٍ

    ك-ي-دك-ف-ر

  • An-Nisaa 4:762 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ يُقَٰتِلُونَ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱلطَّٰغُوتِ فَقَٰتِلُوٓا۟ أَوْلِيَآءَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ إِنَّ كَيْدَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ كَانَ ضَعِيفًا

    ك-ي-دك-ف-ر

  • At-Taariq 86:172 shared roots

    فَمَهِّلِ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ أَمْهِلْهُمْ رُوَيْدًۢا

    ر-و-دك-ف-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 52:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 52:42 include Quran 2:9 (Surah Al-Baqara), Quran 41:7 (Surah Fussilat), Quran 70:36 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), and Quran 86:16 (Surah At-Taariq). For example, 2:9 reads: “They [think to] deceive Allah and those who believe, but they deceive not except themselves and perceive [it] not.” 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 52:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 52:42 (Surah At-Tur, The Mount) reads: “Or do they intend a plan? But those who disbelieve - they are the object of a plan.”

Which surah is verse 52:42 in?

Quran 52:42 is āyah 42 of Surah At-Tur (The Mount), chapter 52 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 49 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 52:42?

Tartīl presents Quran 52:42 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.