Surah Saad · Ayah 42·Makkī

42

هَٰذَا ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for] a cool bath and drink."

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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 5 of 6 words

Rarest here: ر-ك-ض — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Light rāʾ3
  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Iqlāb2

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 26 letters · āyah 42 of 88

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 67:30 · Al-Mulkrelated

    قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَصْبَحَ مَآؤُكُمْ غَوْرًا فَمَن يَأْتِيكُم بِمَآءٍ مَّعِينٍۭ

    Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"

  • Quran 44:49 · Ad-Dukhaanrelated

    ذُقْ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْكَرِيمُ

    [It will be said], "Taste! Indeed, you are the honored, the noble!

  • Quran 14:16 · Ibrahimrelated

    مِّن وَرَآئِهِۦ جَهَنَّمُ وَيُسْقَىٰ مِن مَّآءٍ صَدِيدٍ

    Before him is Hell, and he will be given a drink of purulent water.

  • Quran 88:12 · Al-Ghaashiyarelated

    فِيهَا عَيْنٌ جَارِيَةٌ

    Within it is a flowing spring.

  • Quran 2:60 · Al-Baqararelated

    وَإِذِ ٱسْتَسْقَىٰ مُوسَىٰ لِقَوْمِهِۦ فَقُلْنَا ٱضْرِب بِّعَصَاكَ ٱلْحَجَرَ فَٱنفَجَرَتْ مِنْهُ ٱثْنَتَا عَشْرَةَ عَيْنًا قَدْ عَلِمَ كُلُّ أُنَاسٍ مَّشْرَبَهُمْ كُلُوا۟ وَٱشْرَبُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَعْثَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُفْسِدِينَ

    And [recall] when Moses prayed for water for his people, so We said, "Strike with your staff the stone." And there gushed forth from it twelve springs, and every people knew its…

  • Quran 56:53 · Al-Waaqiarelated

    فَمَالِـُٔونَ مِنْهَا ٱلْبُطُونَ

    And filling with it your bellies

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.

  • An-Naba 78:242 shared roots

    لَّا يَذُوقُونَ فِيهَا بَرْدًا وَلَا شَرَابًا

    ب-ر-دش-ر-ب

  • Al-Maaida 5:62 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِذَا قُمْتُمْ إِلَى ٱلصَّلَوٰةِ فَٱغْسِلُوا۟ وُجُوهَكُمْ وَأَيْدِيَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْمَرَافِقِ وَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِرُءُوسِكُمْ وَأَرْجُلَكُمْ إِلَى ٱلْكَعْبَيْنِ وَإِن كُنتُمْ جُنُبًا فَٱطَّهَّرُوا۟ وَإِن كُنتُم مَّرْضَىٰٓ أَوْ عَلَىٰ سَفَرٍ أَوْ جَآءَ أَحَدٌ مِّنكُم مِّنَ ٱلْغَآئِطِ أَوْ لَٰمَسْتُمُ ٱلنِّسَآءَ فَلَمْ تَجِدُوا۟ مَآءً فَتَيَمَّمُوا۟ صَعِيدًا طَيِّبًا فَٱمْسَحُوا۟ بِوُجُوهِكُمْ وَأَيْدِيكُم مِّنْهُ مَا يُرِيدُ ٱللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَٰكِن يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُۥ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ

    غ-س-لر-ج-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 38:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 38:42 include Quran 67:30 (Surah Al-Mulk), Quran 44:49 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 14:16 (Surah Ibrahim), and Quran 88:12 (Surah Al-Ghaashiya). For example, 67:30 reads: “Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"” 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 38:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 38:42 (Surah Saad, The letter Saad) reads: “[So he was told], "Strike [the ground] with your foot; this is a [spring for] a cool bath and drink."”

Which surah is verse 38:42 in?

Quran 38:42 is āyah 42 of Surah Saad (The letter Saad), chapter 38 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 88 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 38:42?

Tartīl presents Quran 38:42 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.