Which Surah and Juz is Quran 30:42 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ar-Room (The Romans), the 30th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 21.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 30:42?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 30:42?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 30:42 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Historical Lessons, Sin, Divine Punishment, Tawhid, Creation.

Ayah 41

ظَهَرَ ٱلْفَسَادُ فِى ٱلْبَرِّ وَٱلْبَحْرِ بِمَا ك...

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Q: What does Quran 30:42 mean?

Quran 30:42 (Surah Ar-Room, Ayah 42) translates to: "Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of those before. Most of them were associators [of others with Allah]."

Ayah 43

فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ ٱلْقَيِّمِ مِن قَبْلِ ...

قُلْ سِيرُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ فَٱنظُرُوا۟ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلُ ۚ كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّشْرِكِينَ

Qul seeroo fil ardi fanzuroo kaifa kaana 'aaqibatul lazeena min qabl; kaana aksaruhum mushrikeen

Say, [O Muhammad], "Travel through the land and observe how was the end of those before. Most of them were associators [of others with Allah].

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30:42Ayah 160

3 ayahs in Ar-Room are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples30:9Have they not traveled through the earth and observed how was the end of those before them? They were greater than them in power,Next on Lessons from past peoples →30:47And We have already sent messengers before you to their peoples, and they came to them with clear evidences;

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Say to the Meccan disbelievers ‘Travel in the land and behold how was the consequence for those who were before; most of them were idolaters’ and so they were destroyed because of their idolatry and their dwellings and habitations lie desolate in ruin.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saw people at the end of the mosque, and then the (above-mentioned hadith) was narrated.

Sunan an-Nasa'i #2053It was narrated that Bashir bin Al-Khasasiyyah said:Sahih

"I was waliking with the Messenger of Allah and he passed by the graves of the Muslims and aid: 'They died before a great deal of evil came to them.' Then he passed by the grave of the idolators and said: 'They died before a great deal of good came to them.' Then he rurned, and he saw a man walking between the graves in his sandals and he said; 'O you with the Sibtiyah sandals, take them off"'. (Shahih)

Sunan Abu Dawud #2487Narrated AbuUmamah:Sahih

A man said: Messenger of Allah, allow tourism for me. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The tourism of my people is striving in the path of Allah, the Exalted.

Sunan Abu Dawud #3236Narrated Buraidah:Sahih

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: I forbade you to visit graves, but you may now visit them, for in visiting them there is a reminder (of death).

Sunan Ibn Majah #1305Sahih

It was narrated from Ibn Mas’ud that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, “I used to forbid you to visit the graves, but now visit them, for they will draw your attention away from this world and remind you of the Hereafter.”