Surah Al-Ma'aarij · Ayah 42·Makkī

42

حَتَّىٰ ٱلَّذِى ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 8 words

Recitation · 10 points across 2 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī9

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 41 letters · āyah 42 of 44

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 52:45 · At-Turclose

    فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

    So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -

  • Quran 15:3 · Al-Hijrclose

    ذَرْهُمْ يَأْكُلُوا۟ وَيَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ وَيُلْهِهِمُ ٱلْأَمَلُ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    Let them eat and enjoy themselves and be diverted by [false] hope, for they are going to know.

  • Quran 16:55 · An-Nahlclose

    لِيَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ ءَاتَيْنَٰهُمْ فَتَمَتَّعُوا۟ فَسَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ

    So they will deny what We have given them. Then enjoy yourselves, for you are going to know.

  • Quran 47:18 · Muhammadclose

    فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً فَقَدْ جَآءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمْ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرَىٰهُمْ

    Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then what good to them, when it has come, will…

  • Quran 43:89 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    فَٱصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَٰمٌ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    So turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.

  • Quran 78:4 · An-Nabaclose

    كَلَّا سَيَعْلَمُونَ

    No! They are going to know.

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.

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:835 shared roots

    فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا۟ وَيَلْعَبُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى يُوعَدُونَ

    خ-و-ضل-ع-بو-ذ-رو-ع-دل-ق-ي

  • At-Tur 52:122 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ هُمْ فِى خَوْضٍ يَلْعَبُونَ

    خ-و-ضل-ع-ب

  • At-Tawba 9:652 shared roots

    وَلَئِن سَأَلْتَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ إِنَّمَا كُنَّا نَخُوضُ وَنَلْعَبُ قُلْ أَبِٱللَّهِ وَءَايَٰتِهِۦ وَرَسُولِهِۦ كُنتُمْ تَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    خ-و-ضل-ع-ب

  • 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

    خ-و-ضل-ع-بو-ذ-ر

  • At-Tur 52:453 shared roots

    فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

    و-ذ-رل-ق-يي-و-م

  • Al-Burooj 85:22 shared roots

    وَٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْمَوْعُودِ

    و-ع-دي-و-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 70:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 70:42 include Quran 52:45 (Surah At-Tur), Quran 15:3 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 16:55 (Surah An-Nahl), and Quran 47:18 (Surah Muhammad). For example, 52:45 reads: “So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -” 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 70:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 70:42 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, The Ascending Stairways) reads: “So leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised -”

Which surah is verse 70:42 in?

Quran 70:42 is āyah 42 of Surah Al-Ma'aarij (The Ascending Stairways), chapter 70 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 44 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 70:42?

Tartīl presents Quran 70:42 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.