Surah Ash-Shura · Ayah 50·Makkī

50

أَوْ مَن إِنَّهُۥ ﴿٥٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 11 words

Rarest here: ع-ق-م 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Ikhfāʾ5
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ghunnah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 46 letters · āyah 50 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.

  • هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُصَوِّرُكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْحَامِ كَيْفَ يَشَآءُ لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.

  • أَلَيْسَ ذَٰلِكَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يُحْـِۧىَ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ

    Is not that [Creator] Able to give life to the dead?

  • وَهُوَ ٱلْقَاهِرُ فَوْقَ عِبَادِهِۦ وَهُوَ ٱلْحَكِيمُ ٱلْخَبِيرُ

    And He is the subjugator over His servants. And He is the Wise, the Acquainted [with all].

  • مِن نُّطْفَةٍ إِذَا تُمْنَىٰ

    From a sperm-drop when it is emitted

  • لَقَدْ خَلَقْنَا ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ فِى كَبَدٍ

    We have certainly created man into hardship.

  • إِن يَشَأْ يُذْهِبْكُمْ أَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ وَيَأْتِ بِـَٔاخَرِينَ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ ذَٰلِكَ قَدِيرًا

    If He wills, He can do away with you, O people, and bring others [in your place]. And ever is Allah competent to do that.

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.

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 42:50?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 42:50 include Quran 3:6 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan), Quran 75:40 (Surah Al-Qiyaama), Quran 6:18 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 53:46 (Surah An-Najm). For example, 3:6 reads: “It is He who forms you in the wombs however He wills. There is no deity except Him, the Exalted in Might, the Wise.” 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 42:50 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 42:50 (Surah Ash-Shura, Consultation) reads: “Or He makes them [both] males and females, and He renders whom He wills barren. Indeed, He is Knowing and Competent.”

Which surah is verse 42:50 in?

Quran 42:50 is āyah 50 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 42:50?

Tartīl presents Quran 42:50 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.