Surah Adh-Dhaariyat · Ayah 42·Makkī

42

مَا مِن عَلَيْهِ إِلَّا ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.

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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 9 words

Rarest here: ر-م-م — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 8 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 32 letters · āyah 42 of 60

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 65:9 · At-Talaaqrelated

    فَذَاقَتْ وَبَالَ أَمْرِهَا وَكَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ أَمْرِهَا خُسْرًا

    And it tasted the bad consequence of its affair, and the outcome of its affair was loss.

  • Quran 30:49 · Ar-Roomrelated

    وَإِن كَانُوا۟ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يُنَزَّلَ عَلَيْهِم مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَمُبْلِسِينَ

    Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.

  • Quran 7:139 · Al-A'raafrelated

    إِنَّ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ مُتَبَّرٌ مَّا هُمْ فِيهِ وَبَٰطِلٌ مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

    Indeed, those [worshippers] - destroyed is that in which they are [engaged], and worthless is whatever they were doing."

  • Quran 18:8 · Al-Kahfrelated

    وَإِنَّا لَجَٰعِلُونَ مَا عَلَيْهَا صَعِيدًا جُرُزًا

    And indeed, We will make that which is upon it [into] a barren ground.

  • Quran 21:58 · Al-Anbiyaarelated

    فَجَعَلَهُمْ جُذَٰذًا إِلَّا كَبِيرًا لَّهُمْ لَعَلَّهُمْ إِلَيْهِ يَرْجِعُونَ

    So he made them into fragments, except a large one among them, that they might return to it [and question].

  • Quran 36:29 · Yaseenrelated

    إِن كَانَتْ إِلَّا صَيْحَةً وَٰحِدَةً فَإِذَا هُمْ خَٰمِدُونَ

    It was not but one shout, and immediately they were extinguished.

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-A'raaf 7:702 shared roots

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا لِنَعْبُدَ ٱللَّهَ وَحْدَهُۥ وَنَذَرَ مَا كَانَ يَعْبُدُ ءَابَآؤُنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ

    و-ذ-رأ-ت-ي

  • Al-An'aam 6:1123 shared roots

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ جَعَلْنَا لِكُلِّ نَبِىٍّ عَدُوًّا شَيَٰطِينَ ٱلْإِنسِ وَٱلْجِنِّ يُوحِى بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَىٰ بَعْضٍ زُخْرُفَ ٱلْقَوْلِ غُرُورًا وَلَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّكَ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ

    و-ذ-رج-ع-لش-ي-أ

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:602 shared roots

    وَلَوْ نَشَآءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنكُم مَّلَٰٓئِكَةً فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ

    ج-ع-لش-ي-أ

  • Maryam 19:302 shared roots

    قَالَ إِنِّى عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِىَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ وَجَعَلَنِى نَبِيًّا

    ج-ع-لأ-ت-ي

  • Al-An'aam 6:913 shared roots

    وَمَا قَدَرُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِۦٓ إِذْ قَالُوا۟ مَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ بَشَرٍ مِّن شَىْءٍ قُلْ مَنْ أَنزَلَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ٱلَّذِى جَآءَ بِهِۦ مُوسَىٰ نُورًا وَهُدًى لِّلنَّاسِ تَجْعَلُونَهُۥ قَرَاطِيسَ تُبْدُونَهَا وَتُخْفُونَ كَثِيرًا وَعُلِّمْتُم مَّا لَمْ تَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنتُمْ وَلَآ ءَابَآؤُكُمْ قُلِ ٱللَّهُ ثُمَّ ذَرْهُمْ فِى خَوْضِهِمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

    و-ذ-رج-ع-لش-ي-أ

  • Al-An'aam 6:1372 shared roots

    وَكَذَٰلِكَ زَيَّنَ لِكَثِيرٍ مِّنَ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ قَتْلَ أَوْلَٰدِهِمْ شُرَكَآؤُهُمْ لِيُرْدُوهُمْ وَلِيَلْبِسُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ دِينَهُمْ وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَا فَعَلُوهُ فَذَرْهُمْ وَمَا يَفْتَرُونَ

    و-ذ-رش-ي-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 51:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 51:42 include Quran 65:9 (Surah At-Talaaq), Quran 30:49 (Surah Ar-Room), Quran 7:139 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 18:8 (Surah Al-Kahf). For example, 65:9 reads: “And it tasted the bad consequence of its affair, and the outcome of its affair was loss.” 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 51:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 51:42 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat, The Winnowing Winds) reads: “It left nothing of what it came upon but that it made it like disintegrated ruins.”

Which surah is verse 51:42 in?

Quran 51:42 is āyah 42 of Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (The Winnowing Winds), chapter 51 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 60 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 51:42?

Tartīl presents Quran 51:42 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.