Surah Ash-Shura · Ayah 42·Makkī

42

إِنَّمَا عَلَى ٱلَّذِينَ فِى أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.

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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 · 9 roots in 9 of 15 words

Recitation · 21 points across 7 rule families

  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī11
  • Lām shamsiyyah4
  • Qalqalah1
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Iẓhār1

Commentary

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

Shape

15 words · 66 letters · āyah 42 of 53

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 16:85 · An-Nahlclose

    وَإِذَا رَءَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ فَلَا يُخَفَّفُ عَنْهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.

  • Quran 27:85 · An-Namlclose

    وَوَقَعَ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَيْهِم بِمَا ظَلَمُوا۟ فَهُمْ لَا يَنطِقُونَ

    And the decree will befall them for the wrong they did, and they will not [be able to] speak.

  • Quran 34:5 · Sabaclose

    وَٱلَّذِينَ سَعَوْ فِىٓ ءَايَٰتِنَا مُعَٰجِزِينَ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُمْ عَذَابٌ مِّن رِّجْزٍ أَلِيمٌ

    But those who strive against Our verses [seeking] to cause failure - for them will be a painful punishment of foul nature.

  • Quran 5:33 · Al-Maaidaclose

    إِنَّمَا جَزَٰٓؤُا۟ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَارِبُونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ وَيَسْعَوْنَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَسَادًا أَن يُقَتَّلُوٓا۟ أَوْ يُصَلَّبُوٓا۟ أَوْ تُقَطَّعَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم مِّنْ خِلَٰفٍ أَوْ يُنفَوْا۟ مِنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ ذَٰلِكَ لَهُمْ خِزْىٌ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا وَلَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

    Indeed, the penalty for those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger and strive upon earth [to cause] corruption is none but that they be killed or crucified or that their…

  • Quran 27:5 · An-Namlclose

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلْعَذَابِ وَهُمْ فِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلْأَخْسَرُونَ

    Those are the ones for whom there will be the worst of punishment, and in the Hereafter they are the greatest losers.

  • Quran 38:55 · Saadclose

    هَٰذَا وَإِنَّ لِلطَّٰغِينَ لَشَرَّ مَـَٔابٍ

    This [is so]. But indeed, for the transgressors is an evil place of return -

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-Hijr 15:502 shared roots

    وَأَنَّ عَذَابِى هُوَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ٱلْأَلِيمُ

    أ-ل-مع-ذ-ب

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:215 shared roots

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَكْفُرُونَ بِـَٔايَٰتِ ٱللَّهِ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلنَّبِيِّـۧنَ بِغَيْرِ حَقٍّ وَيَقْتُلُونَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْقِسْطِ مِنَ ٱلنَّاسِ فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    أ-ل-مغ-ي-رح-ق-قأ-ن-سع-ذ-ب

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:113 shared roots

    يَغْشَى ٱلنَّاسَ هَٰذَا عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    أ-ل-مأ-ن-سع-ذ-ب

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2012 shared roots

    لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ يَرَوُا۟ ٱلْعَذَابَ ٱلْأَلِيمَ

    أ-ل-مع-ذ-ب

  • Al-Inshiqaaq 84:242 shared roots

    فَبَشِّرْهُم بِعَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ

    أ-ل-مع-ذ-ب

  • Yunus 10:235 shared roots

    فَلَمَّآ أَنجَىٰهُمْ إِذَا هُمْ يَبْغُونَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ بِغَيْرِ ٱلْحَقِّ يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ إِنَّمَا بَغْيُكُمْ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِكُم مَّتَٰعَ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا ثُمَّ إِلَيْنَا مَرْجِعُكُمْ فَنُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ

    ب-غ-يغ-ي-رح-ق-قأ-ن-سأ-ر-ض

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 42:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 42:42 include Quran 16:85 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 27:85 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 34:5 (Surah Saba), and Quran 5:33 (Surah Al-Maaida). For example, 16:85 reads: “And when those who wronged see the punishment, it will not be lightened for them, nor will they be reprieved.” 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 42:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 42:42 (Surah Ash-Shura, Consultation) reads: “The cause is only against the ones who wrong the people and tyrannize upon the earth without right. Those will have a painful punishment.”

Which surah is verse 42:42 in?

Quran 42:42 is āyah 42 of Surah Ash-Shura (Consultation), chapter 42 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 53 verses.

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

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