Surah Qaaf · Ayah 42·Makkī

42

ذَٰلِكَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].

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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 7 words

Recitation · 7 points across 3 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah3
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 32 letters · āyah 42 of 45

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 70:43 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    يَوْمَ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلْأَجْدَاثِ سِرَاعًا كَأَنَّهُمْ إِلَىٰ نُصُبٍ يُوفِضُونَ

    The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.

  • Quran 20:102 · Taa-Haaclose

    يَوْمَ يُنفَخُ فِى ٱلصُّورِ وَنَحْشُرُ ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ يَوْمَئِذٍ زُرْقًا

    The Day the Horn will be blown. And We will gather the criminals, that Day, blue-eyed.

  • Quran 37:21 · As-Saaffaatclose

    هَٰذَا يَوْمُ ٱلْفَصْلِ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تُكَذِّبُونَ

    [They will be told], "This is the Day of Judgement which you used to deny."

  • Quran 82:16 · Al-Infitaarclose

    وَمَا هُمْ عَنْهَا بِغَآئِبِينَ

    And never therefrom will they be absent.

  • Quran 22:7 · Al-Hajjclose

    وَأَنَّ ٱلسَّاعَةَ ءَاتِيَةٌ لَّا رَيْبَ فِيهَا وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَبْعَثُ مَن فِى ٱلْقُبُورِ

    And [that they may know] that the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - and that Allah will resurrect those in the graves.

  • 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.

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-Muminoon 23:412 shared roots

    فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَٰهُمْ غُثَآءً فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ص-ي-حح-ق-ق

  • Qaaf 50:412 shared roots

    وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ قَرِيبٍ

    س-م-عي-و-م

  • Al-Munaafiqoon 63:42 shared roots

    وَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُمْ تُعْجِبُكَ أَجْسَامُهُمْ وَإِن يَقُولُوا۟ تَسْمَعْ لِقَوْلِهِمْ كَأَنَّهُمْ خُشُبٌ مُّسَنَّدَةٌ يَحْسَبُونَ كُلَّ صَيْحَةٍ عَلَيْهِمْ هُمُ ٱلْعَدُوُّ فَٱحْذَرْهُمْ قَٰتَلَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ أَنَّىٰ يُؤْفَكُونَ

    ص-ي-حس-م-ع

  • Maryam 19:382 shared roots

    أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا لَٰكِنِ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ ٱلْيَوْمَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    س-م-عي-و-م

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:202 shared roots

    وَٱللَّهُ يَقْضِى بِٱلْحَقِّ وَٱلَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦ لَا يَقْضُونَ بِشَىْءٍ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ ٱلسَّمِيعُ ٱلْبَصِيرُ

    س-م-عح-ق-ق

  • Al-Anfaal 8:52 shared roots

    كَمَآ أَخْرَجَكَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَيْتِكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَكَٰرِهُونَ

    خ-ر-جح-ق-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 50:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 50:42 include Quran 70:43 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), Quran 20:102 (Surah Taa-Haa), Quran 37:21 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 82:16 (Surah Al-Infitaar). For example, 70:43 reads: “The Day they will emerge from the graves rapidly as if they were, toward an erected idol, hastening.” 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 50:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 50:42 (Surah Qaaf, The letter Qaaf) reads: “The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].”

Which surah is verse 50:42 in?

Quran 50:42 is āyah 42 of Surah Qaaf (The letter Qaaf), chapter 50 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 45 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 50:42?

Tartīl presents Quran 50:42 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.