Sūrah 42
42
Qurʾān, Sūrat al-Shūrā (Consultation), the 42nd sūrah
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The received Egyptian/Kufan ordering places al-Shūrā as the forty-second sūrah. The title means Consultation, not Forty-two.
Scripture
One integer. Several kinds of text.
A title that says Forty-two. A verse that counts forty-two youths. Three received chapter seats. They are not one text. The Sutra is not a psalm number. Consultation is not a count of boys.
The title is 42
- T784Forty-two Chapters
The work’s own name. Forty-two sections. Not a later seat.
A count in the verse
- 422 Kings 2:24
Forty and two youths. The integer is in the Hebrew clause.
Editorial seats
42Sūrah 42here
al-Shūrā. Consultation. The number is the received order.
- ch. 42Tao Te Ching
Wang Bi numbering. Mawangdui orders the material differently.
- Ps 42Psalm 42
The thirst is in the poem. The 42 is in the numbering.
What it supports
A canonical chapter index in the standard muṣḥaf. 53 ayahs. Juzʾ 25. Same editorial-seat pattern as Psalm 42 and Tao 42.
What it does not
Not a proof that revelation encodes Adams. Ordering is a received apparatus. The title means Consultation, not Forty-two.
ExactnessChapter / verse
FormChapter / psalm 42
Unitsūrah
Strengthattested