Surah Al-Haaqqa · Ayah 42·Makkī

42

وَلَا مَّا ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 6 words

Rarest here: ك-ه-ن — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 9 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 24 letters · āyah 42 of 52

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 81:26 · At-Takwirclose

    فَأَيْنَ تَذْهَبُونَ

    So where are you going?

  • Quran 34:48 · Sabaclose

    قُلْ إِنَّ رَبِّى يَقْذِفُ بِٱلْحَقِّ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

    Say, "Indeed, my Lord projects the truth. Knower of the unseen."

  • Quran 32:3 · As-Sajdaclose

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ ٱلْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّكَ لِتُنذِرَ قَوْمًا مَّآ أَتَىٰهُم مِّن نَّذِيرٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَهْتَدُونَ

    Or do they say, "He invented it"? Rather, it is the truth from your Lord, [O Muhammad], that you may warn a people to whom no warner has come before you [so] perhaps they will be…

  • Quran 38:68 · Saadclose

    أَنتُمْ عَنْهُ مُعْرِضُونَ

    From which you turn away.

  • Quran 81:18 · At-Takwirclose

    وَٱلصُّبْحِ إِذَا تَنَفَّسَ

    And by the dawn when it breathes

  • Quran 21:5 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ أَضْغَٰثُ أَحْلَٰمٍۭ بَلِ ٱفْتَرَىٰهُ بَلْ هُوَ شَاعِرٌ فَلْيَأْتِنَا بِـَٔايَةٍ كَمَآ أُرْسِلَ ٱلْأَوَّلُونَ

    But they say, "[The revelation is but] a mixture of false dreams; rather, he has invented it; rather, he is a poet. So let him bring us a sign just as the previous [messengers]…

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.

  • At-Tur 52:292 shared roots

    فَذَكِّرْ فَمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَتِ رَبِّكَ بِكَاهِنٍ وَلَا مَجْنُونٍ

    ك-ه-نذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Muminoon 23:852 shared roots

    سَيَقُولُونَ لِلَّهِ قُلْ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    ذ-ك-رق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:32 shared roots

    ٱتَّبِعُوا۟ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ أَوْلِيَآءَ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    ق-ل-لذ-ك-ر

  • Al-Haaqqa 69:412 shared roots

    وَمَا هُوَ بِقَوْلِ شَاعِرٍ قَلِيلًا مَّا تُؤْمِنُونَ

    ق-ل-لق-و-ل

  • Al-Muminoon 23:1142 shared roots

    قَٰلَ إِن لَّبِثْتُمْ إِلَّا قَلِيلًا لَّوْ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

    ق-ل-لق-و-ل

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:582 shared roots

    وَمَا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْبَصِيرُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ وَلَا ٱلْمُسِىٓءُ قَلِيلًا مَّا تَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    ق-ل-لذ-ك-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 69:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 69:42 include Quran 81:26 (Surah At-Takwir), Quran 34:48 (Surah Saba), Quran 32:3 (Surah As-Sajda), and Quran 38:68 (Surah Saad). For example, 81:26 reads: “So where are you going?” 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 69:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 69:42 (Surah Al-Haaqqa, The Reality) reads: “Nor the word of a soothsayer; little do you remember.”

Which surah is verse 69:42 in?

Quran 69:42 is āyah 42 of Surah Al-Haaqqa (The Reality), chapter 69 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 52 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 69:42?

Tartīl presents Quran 69:42 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.