Surah Yaseen · Ayah 42·Makkī

42

لَهُم مِّن مَا ﴿٤٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.

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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 · 3 roots in 3 of 6 words

Recitation · 8 points across 5 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah2
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 23 letters · āyah 42 of 83

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 36:72 · Yaseenclose

    وَذَلَّلْنَٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

    And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.

  • Quran 43:12 · Az-Zukhrufrelated

    وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ

    And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.

  • Quran 76:28 · Al-Insaanrelated

    نَّحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَآ أَسْرَهُمْ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَآ أَمْثَٰلَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا

    We have created them and strengthened their forms, and when We will, We can change their likenesses with [complete] alteration.

  • Quran 51:3 · Adh-Dhaariyatrelated

    فَٱلْجَٰرِيَٰتِ يُسْرًا

    And those [ships] sailing with ease

  • Quran 106:1 · Quraishrelated

    لِإِيلَٰفِ قُرَيْشٍ

    For the accustomed security of the Quraysh -

  • Quran 50:35 · Qaafrelated

    لَهُم مَّا يَشَآءُونَ فِيهَا وَلَدَيْنَا مَزِيدٌ

    They will have whatever they wish therein, and with Us is more.

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 43:122 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْفُلْكِ وَٱلْأَنْعَٰمِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَ

    ر-ك-بخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Fajr 89:82 shared roots

    ٱلَّتِى لَمْ يُخْلَقْ مِثْلُهَا فِى ٱلْبِلَٰدِ

    م-ث-لخ-ل-ق

  • An-Nahl 16:82 shared roots

    وَٱلْخَيْلَ وَٱلْبِغَالَ وَٱلْحَمِيرَ لِتَرْكَبُوهَا وَزِينَةً وَيَخْلُقُ مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ر-ك-بخ-ل-ق

  • Yaseen 36:812 shared roots

    أَوَلَيْسَ ٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضَ بِقَٰدِرٍ عَلَىٰٓ أَن يَخْلُقَ مِثْلَهُم بَلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْخَلَّٰقُ ٱلْعَلِيمُ

    م-ث-لخ-ل-ق

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:592 shared roots

    إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَمَ خَلَقَهُۥ مِن تُرَابٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُۥ كُن فَيَكُونُ

    م-ث-لخ-ل-ق

  • Al-Insaan 76:282 shared roots

    نَّحْنُ خَلَقْنَٰهُمْ وَشَدَدْنَآ أَسْرَهُمْ وَإِذَا شِئْنَا بَدَّلْنَآ أَمْثَٰلَهُمْ تَبْدِيلًا

    م-ث-لخ-ل-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 36:42?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 36:42 include Quran 36:72 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 43:12 (Surah Az-Zukhruf), Quran 76:28 (Surah Al-Insaan), and Quran 51:3 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat). For example, 36:72 reads: “And We have tamed them for them, so some of them they ride, and some of them they eat.” 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 36:42 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 36:42 (Surah Yaseen, Yaseen) reads: “And We created for them from the likes of it that which they ride.”

Which surah is verse 36:42 in?

Quran 36:42 is āyah 42 of Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), chapter 36 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 83 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 36:42?

Tartīl presents Quran 36:42 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.