Surah Aal-i-Imraan · Ayah 42·Madanī

42

وَإِذْ يَٰمَرْيَمُ إِنَّ عَلَىٰ ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.

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Tafsīr

قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

برترین زن در زمان خود

در این یه جملةٌ «اصطفاک» (تو را برگزیده) دو بار تکرار شده است. بار یکم برای بیان برگزیدگی او به طور مطلق است؛ یعنی خداوند حضرت مریم(س) را برای عبادت و بندگی مخصوص خود انتخاب فرموده. بار دومء برگزیدگی او را از میان تمام زنان جهان نشان می‌دهد. این یه گواه بر این است که حضرت مریم(س) بزرگ‌ترین شخصیت زن در زمان خود بوده است و این موضوع با آنچه در بارة بانوی بزرگ اسلام حضرت فاطمه(س) رسیده است که او برترین بانوی جهان است. منافاتی ندارد؛ زیرا از پیامبر اسلام(ص) نقل شده که فرشتگان خطاب به حضرت زهرا(س) فرمودند: «مریم, بانوی زنان زمان خود بود. همانا خداوند تو را بانوی زنان دوران خودت و دوران مریم و بانوی زنان اولین و آخرین قرار داد.»

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 · 7 roots in 8 of 12 words

Recitation · 14 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Lām qamariyyah3
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Heavy Allāh1

Commentary

  • قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب)

Shape

12 words · 57 letters · 2 proper nouns · āyah 42 of 200

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.

  • فَلَمَّا وَضَعَتْهَا قَالَتْ رَبِّ إِنِّى وَضَعْتُهَآ أُنثَىٰ وَٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا وَضَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ٱلذَّكَرُ كَٱلْأُنثَىٰ وَإِنِّى سَمَّيْتُهَا مَرْيَمَ وَإِنِّىٓ أُعِيذُهَا بِكَ وَذُرِّيَّتَهَا مِنَ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ

    But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allah was most knowing of what she delivered, "And the male is not like the female. And I have…

  • وَجَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ عِبَٰدُ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ إِنَٰثًا أَشَهِدُوا۟ خَلْقَهُمْ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَٰدَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَ

    And they have made the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.

  • ذُرِّيَّةًۢ بَعْضُهَا مِنۢ بَعْضٍ وَٱللَّهُ سَمِيعٌ عَلِيمٌ

    Descendants, some of them from others. And Allah is Hearing and Knowing.

  • أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًا إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا

    Then, has your Lord chosen you for [having] sons and taken from among the angels daughters? Indeed, you say a grave saying.

  • وَتَرَى ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةَ حَآفِّينَ مِنْ حَوْلِ ٱلْعَرْشِ يُسَبِّحُونَ بِحَمْدِ رَبِّهِمْ وَقُضِىَ بَيْنَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَقِيلَ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    And you will see the angels surrounding the Throne, exalting [Allah] with praise of their Lord. And it will be judged between them in truth, and it will be said, "[All] praise to…

  • فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتْ بِمَكْرِهِنَّ أَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهِنَّ وَأَعْتَدَتْ لَهُنَّ مُتَّكَـًٔا وَءَاتَتْ كُلَّ وَٰحِدَةٍ مِّنْهُنَّ سِكِّينًا وَقَالَتِ ٱخْرُجْ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْنَهُۥٓ أَكْبَرْنَهُۥ وَقَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ وَقُلْنَ حَٰشَ لِلَّهِ مَا هَٰذَا بَشَرًا إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا مَلَكٌ كَرِيمٌ

    So when she heard of their scheming, she sent for them and prepared for them a banquet and gave each one of them a knife and said [to Joseph], "Come out before them." And when…

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 22:753 shared roots

    ٱللَّهُ يَصْطَفِى مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ رُسُلًا وَمِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ سَمِيعٌۢ بَصِيرٌ

    ص-ف-وم-ل-كأ-ل-ه

  • Al-Israa 17:403 shared roots

    أَفَأَصْفَىٰكُمْ رَبُّكُم بِٱلْبَنِينَ وَٱتَّخَذَ مِنَ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ إِنَٰثًا إِنَّكُمْ لَتَقُولُونَ قَوْلًا عَظِيمًا

    ص-ف-وم-ل-كق-و-ل

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:333 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ وَنُوحًا وَءَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَءَالَ عِمْرَٰنَ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ص-ف-وع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:333 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ءَادَمَ وَنُوحًا وَءَالَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَءَالَ عِمْرَٰنَ عَلَى ٱلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ص-ف-وع-ل-مأ-ل-ه

  • An-Naml 27:593 shared roots

    قُلِ ٱلْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَسَلَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ عِبَادِهِ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱصْطَفَىٰٓ ءَآللَّهُ خَيْرٌ أَمَّا يُشْرِكُونَ

    ص-ف-وق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1442 shared roots

    قَالَ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى ٱصْطَفَيْتُكَ عَلَى ٱلنَّاسِ بِرِسَٰلَٰتِى وَبِكَلَٰمِى فَخُذْ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُكَ وَكُن مِّنَ ٱلشَّٰكِرِينَ

    ص-ف-وق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 3:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 3:42 include Quran 3:36 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 43:19 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 3:34 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), and Quran 17:40 (Surah Al-Israa). For example, 3:36 reads: “But when she delivered her, she said, "My Lord, I have delivered a female." And Allah was most knowing of what she delivered, "And the male is not like the female. And I have…” 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 3:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 3:42 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, The Family of Imraan) reads: “And [mention] when the angels said, "O Mary, indeed Allah has chosen you and purified you and chosen you above the women of the worlds.”

Which surah is verse 3:42 in?

Quran 3:42 is āyah 42 of Surah Aal-i-Imraan (The Family of Imraan), chapter 3 of the Qurʾān — a Medinan (Madanī) surah of 200 verses.

Is there a tafsīr (commentary) for Quran 3:42?

Yes — Tartīl shows verse-by-verse commentary on Quran 3:42 from قرآن حکیم (شرح آیات منتخب).

In how many languages can I read Quran 3:42?

Tartīl presents Quran 3:42 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.