Surah Az-Zukhruf in Arabic and English
Az-Zukhruf is surah 43 of the Quran; it is Meccan and has 89 ayahs. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 25, on pages 489–495. Below are the Arabic text, transliteration and English translation of every ayah.
- Surah 43
- Meccan
- 89 ayahs
- Juz 25 · page 489–495
Surah Az-Zukhruf: Arabic, transliteration and translation
Basmala: بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحٖيمِ
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Az-Zukhruf 43:1
حٰمٓؕ
TransliterationḤāmeem
TranslationHa, Meem.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:2
وَالْكِتَابِ الْمُبٖينِۙ
TransliterationWaalkitābi almubeeni
TranslationBy the clear Book,
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Az-Zukhruf 43:3
اِنَّا جَعَلْنَاهُ قُرْءٰناً عَرَبِياًّ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَۚ
TransliterationInnā jaʿalnāhu qurānan ʿarabiyyan laʿallakum taʿqiloona
TranslationIndeed, We have made it an Arabic Qur'an that you might understand.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:4
وَاِنَّهُ فٖٓي اُمِّ الْكِتَابِ لَدَيْنَا لَعَلِيٌّ حَكٖيمٌؕ
TransliterationWainnahu fee ommi alkitābi ladaynā laʿaliyyun ḥakeemun
TranslationAnd indeed it is, in the Mother of the Book with Us, exalted and full of wisdom.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:5
اَفَنَضْرِبُ عَنْكُمُ الذِّكْرَ صَفْحاً اَنْ كُنْتُمْ قَوْماً مُسْرِفٖينَ
TransliterationAfanaḏribu ʿankumu alththikra ṣafḥan an kuntum qawman musrifeena
TranslationThen should We turn the message away, disregarding you, because you are a transgressing people?
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Az-Zukhruf 43:6
وَكَمْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ نَبِيٍّ فِي الْاَوَّلٖينَ
TransliterationWakam arsalnā min nabiyyin fee alawwaleena
TranslationAnd how many a prophet We sent among the former peoples,
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Az-Zukhruf 43:7
وَمَا يَأْتٖيهِمْ مِنْ نَبِيٍّ اِلَّا كَانُوا بِهٖ يَسْتَهْزِؤُ۫نَ
TransliterationWamā yateehim min nabiyyin illā kānoo bihi yastahzioona
TranslationBut there would not come to them a prophet except that they used to ridicule him.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:8
فَاَهْلَكْـنَٓا اَشَدَّ مِنْهُمْ بَطْشاً وَمَضٰى مَثَلُ الْاَوَّلٖينَ
TransliterationFaahlaknā ashadda minhum baṭshan wamaḏā mathalu alawwaleena
TranslationAnd We destroyed greater than them in [striking] power, and the example of the former peoples has preceded.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:9
وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضَ لَيَقُولُنَّ خَلَقَهُنَّ الْعَزٖيزُ الْعَلٖيمُۙ
TransliterationWalain saaltahum man khalaqa alssamāwāti waalarḏa layaqoolunna khalaqahunna alʿazeezu alʿaleemu
TranslationAnd if you should ask them, "Who has created the heavens and the earth?" they would surely say, "They were created by the Exalted in Might, the Knowing."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:10
اَلَّذٖي جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ مَهْداً وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ فٖيهَا سُبُلاً لَعَلَّكُمْ تَهْتَدُونَۚ
TransliterationAllathee jaʿala lakumu alarḏa mahdan wajaʿala lakum feehā subulan laʿallakum tahtadoona
Translation[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided
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Az-Zukhruf 43:11
وَالَّذٖي نَزَّلَ مِنَ السَّمَٓاءِ مَٓاءً بِقَدَرٍۚ فَاَنْشَرْنَا بِهٖ بَلْدَةً مَيْتاًۚ كَذٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ
TransliterationWaallathee nazzala mina alssamāi māan biqadarin faansharnā bihi baldatan maytan kathālika tukhrajoona
TranslationAnd who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -
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Az-Zukhruf 43:12
وَالَّذٖي خَلَقَ الْاَزْوَاجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَكُمْ مِنَ الْفُلْكِ وَالْاَنْعَامِ مَا تَرْكَبُونَۙ
TransliterationWaallathee khalaqa alazwāja kullahā wajaʿala lakum mina alfulki waalanʿāmi mā tarkaboona
TranslationAnd who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:13
لِتَسْتَوُ۫ا عَلٰى ظُهُورِهٖ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ اِذَا اسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا سُبْحَانَ الَّذٖي سَخَّرَ لَنَا هٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُ مُقْرِنٖينَۙ
TransliterationLitastawoo ʿalā thuhoorihi thumma tathkuroo niʿmata rabbikum ithā istawaytum ʿalayhi wataqooloo subḥāna allathee sakhkhara lanā hāthā wamā kunnā lahu muqrineena
TranslationThat you may settle yourselves upon their backs and then remember the favor of your Lord when you have settled upon them and say. "Exalted is He who has subjected this to us, and we could not have [otherwise] subdued it.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:14
وَاِنَّٓا اِلٰى رَبِّنَا لَمُنْقَلِبُونَ
TransliterationWainnā ilā rabbinā lamunqaliboona
TranslationAnd indeed we, to our Lord, will [surely] return."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:15
وَجَعَلُوا لَهُ مِنْ عِبَادِهٖ جُزْءاًؕ اِنَّ الْاِنْسَانَ لَكَفُورٌ مُبٖينٌؕ
TransliterationWajaʿaloo lahu min ʿibādihi juzan inna alinsāna lakafoorun mubeenun
TranslationBut they have attributed to Him from His servants a portion. Indeed, man is clearly ungrateful.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:16
اَمِ اتَّخَذَ مِمَّا يَخْلُقُ بَنَاتٍ وَاَصْفٰيكُمْ بِالْبَنٖينَࣖ
TransliterationAmi ittakhatha mimmā yakhluqu banātin waaṣfākum bialbaneena
TranslationOr has He taken, out of what He has created, daughters and chosen you for [having] sons?
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Az-Zukhruf 43:17
وَاِذَا بُشِّرَ اَحَدُهُمْ بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ مَثَلاً ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُ مُسْوَداًّ وَهُوَ كَظٖيمٌ
TransliterationWaithā bushshira aḥaduhum bimā ḏaraba lilrraḥmāni mathalan thalla wajhuhu muswaddan wahuwa katheemun
TranslationAnd when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison, his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:18
اَوَمَنْ يُنَشَّؤُ۬ا فِي الْحِلْيَةِ وَهُوَ فِي الْخِصَامِ غَيْرُ مُبٖينٍ
TransliterationAwaman yunashshao fee alḥilyati wahuwa fee alkhiṣāmi ghayru mubeenin
TranslationSo is one brought up in ornaments while being during conflict unevident [attributed to Allah]?
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Az-Zukhruf 43:19
وَجَعَلُوا الْمَلٰٓئِكَةَ الَّذٖينَ هُمْ عِبَادُ الرَّحْمٰنِ اِنَاثاًؕ اَشَهِدُوا خَلْقَهُمْؕ سَتُكْتَبُ شَهَادَتُهُمْ وَيُسْـَٔلُونَ
TransliterationWajaʿaloo almalāikata allatheena hum ʿibādu alrraḥmāni ināthan ashahidoo khalqahum satuktabu shahādatuhum wayusaloona
TranslationAnd they have made the angels, who are servants of the Most Merciful, females. Did they witness their creation? Their testimony will be recorded, and they will be questioned.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:20
وَقَالُوا لَوْ شَٓاءَ الرَّحْمٰنُ مَا عَبَدْنَاهُمْؕ مَا لَهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ مِنْ عِلْمٍࣗ اِنْ هُمْ اِلَّا يَخْرُصُونَؕ
TransliterationWaqāloo law shāa alrraḥmānu mā ʿabadnāhum mā lahum bithālika min ʿilmin in hum illā yakhruṣoona
TranslationAnd they said, "If the Most Merciful had willed, we would not have worshipped them." They have of that no knowledge. They are not but falsifying.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:21
اَمْ اٰتَيْنَاهُمْ كِتَاباً مِنْ قَبْلِهٖ فَهُمْ بِهٖ مُسْتَمْسِكُونَ
TransliterationAm ātaynāhum kitāban min qablihi fahum bihi mustamsikoona
TranslationOr have We given them a book before the Qur'an to which they are adhering?
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Az-Zukhruf 43:22
بَلْ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا وَجَدْنَٓا اٰبَٓاءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ مُهْتَدُونَ
TransliterationBal qāloo innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ommatin wainnā ʿalā āthārihim muhtadoona
TranslationRather, they say, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are in their footsteps [rightly] guided."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:23
وَكَذٰلِكَ مَٓا اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ فٖي قَرْيَةٍ مِنْ نَذٖيرٍ اِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَٓاۙ اِنَّا وَجَدْنَٓا اٰبَٓاءَنَا عَلٰٓى اُمَّةٍ وَاِنَّا عَلٰٓى اٰثَارِهِمْ مُقْتَدُونَ
TransliterationWakathālika mā arsalnā min qablika fee qaryatin min natheerin illā qāla mutrafoohā innā wajadnā ābāanā ʿalā ommatin wainnā ʿalā āthārihim muqtadoona
TranslationAnd similarly, We did not send before you any warner into a city except that its affluent said, "Indeed, we found our fathers upon a religion, and we are, in their footsteps, following."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:24
قَالَ اَوَلَوْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِاَهْدٰى مِمَّا وَجَدْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ اٰبَٓاءَكُمْؕ قَالُٓوا اِنَّا بِمَٓا اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِهٖ كَافِرُونَ
TransliterationQāla awalaw jitukum biahdā mimmā wajadtum ʿalayhi ābāakum qāloo innā bimā orsiltum bihi kāfiroona
Translation[Each warner] said, "Even if I brought you better guidance than that [religion] upon which you found your fathers?" They said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:25
فَانْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُكَذِّبٖينَࣖ
TransliterationFaintaqamnā minhum faonthur kayfa kāna ʿāqibatu almukaththibeena
TranslationSo we took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:26
وَاِذْ قَالَ اِبْرٰهٖيمُ لِاَبٖيهِ وَقَوْمِهٖٓ اِنَّنٖي بَرَٓاءٌ مِمَّا تَعْبُدُونَۙ
TransliterationWaith qāla ibrāheemu liabeehi waqawmihi innanee barāon mimmā taʿbudoona
TranslationAnd [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship
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Az-Zukhruf 43:27
اِلَّا الَّذٖي فَطَرَنٖي فَاِنَّهُ سَيَهْدٖينِ
TransliterationIllā allathee faṭaranee fainnahu sayahdeeni
TranslationExcept for He who created me; and indeed, He will guide me."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:28
وَجَعَلَهَا كَلِمَةً بَاقِيَةً فٖي عَقِبِهٖ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
TransliterationWajaʿalahā kalimatan bāqiyatan fee ʿaqibihi laʿallahum yarjiʿoona
TranslationAnd he made it a word remaining among his descendants that they might return [to it].
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Az-Zukhruf 43:29
بَلْ مَتَّعْتُ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ وَاٰبَٓاءَهُمْ حَتّٰى جَٓاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ وَرَسُولٌ مُبٖينٌ
TransliterationBal mattaʿtu hāolāi waābāahum ḥattā jāahumu alḥaqqu warasoolun mubeenun
TranslationHowever, I gave enjoyment to these [people of Makkah] and their fathers until there came to them the truth and a clear Messenger.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:30
وَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمُ الْحَقُّ قَالُوا هٰذَا سِحْرٌ وَاِنَّا بِهٖ كَافِرُونَ
TransliterationWalammā jāahumu alḥaqqu qāloo hāthā siḥrun wainnā bihi kāfiroona
TranslationBut when the truth came to them, they said, "This is magic, and indeed we are, concerning it, disbelievers."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:31
وَقَالُوا لَوْلَا نُزِّلَ هٰذَا الْقُرْاٰنُ عَلٰى رَجُلٍ مِنَ الْقَرْيَتَيْنِ عَظٖيمٍ
TransliterationWaqāloo lawlā nuzzila hāthā alqurānu ʿalā rajulin mina alqaryatayni ʿatheemun
TranslationAnd they said, "Why was this Qur'an not sent down upon a great man from [one of] the two cities?"
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Az-Zukhruf 43:32
اَهُمْ يَقْسِمُونَ رَحْمَتَ رَبِّكَؕ نَحْنُ قَسَمْنَا بَيْنَهُمْ مَعٖيشَتَهُمْ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَرَفَعْنَا بَعْضَهُمْ فَوْقَ بَعْضٍ دَرَجَاتٍ لِيَتَّخِذَ بَعْضُهُمْ بَعْضاً سُخْرِياًّؕ وَرَحْمَتُ رَبِّكَ خَيْرٌ مِمَّا يَجْمَعُونَ
TransliterationAhum yaqsimoona raḥmata rabbika naḥnu qasamnā baynahum maʿeeshatahum fee alḥayāti alddunyā warafaʿnā baʿḏahum fawqa baʿḏin darajātin liyattakhitha baʿḏuhum baʿḏan sukhriyyan waraḥmatu rabbika khayrun mimmā yajmaʿoona
TranslationDo they distribute the mercy of your Lord? It is We who have apportioned among them their livelihood in the life of this world and have raised some of them above others in degrees [of rank] that they may make use of one another for service. But the mercy of your Lord is better than whatever they accumulate.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:33
وَلَوْلَٓا اَنْ يَكُونَ النَّاسُ اُمَّةً وَاحِدَةً لَجَعَلْنَا لِمَنْ يَكْفُرُ بِالرَّحْمٰنِ لِبُيُوتِهِمْ سُقُفاً مِنْ فِضَّةٍ وَمَعَارِجَ عَلَيْهَا يَظْهَرُونَۙ
TransliterationWalawlā an yakoona alnnāsu ommatan wāḥidatan lajaʿalnā liman yakfuru bialrraḥmāni libuyootihim suqufan min fiḏḏatin wamaʿārija ʿalayhā yathharoona
TranslationAnd if it were not that the people would become one community [of disbelievers], We would have made for those who disbelieve in the Most Merciful - for their houses - ceilings and stairways of silver upon which to mount
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Az-Zukhruf 43:34
وَلِبُيُوتِهِمْ اَبْوَاباً وَسُرُراً عَلَيْهَا يَتَّكِؤُ۫نَۙ
TransliterationWalibuyootihim abwāban wasururan ʿalayhā yattakioona
TranslationAnd for their houses - doors and couches [of silver] upon which to recline
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Az-Zukhruf 43:35
وَزُخْرُفاًؕ وَاِنْ كُلُّ ذٰلِكَ لَمَّا مَتَاعُ الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَاؕ وَالْاٰخِرَةُ عِنْدَ رَبِّكَ لِلْمُتَّقٖينَࣖ
TransliterationWazukhrufan wain kullu thālika lammā matāʿu alḥayāti alddunyā waalākhiratu ʿinda rabbika lilmuttaqeena
TranslationAnd gold ornament. But all that is not but the enjoyment of worldly life. And the Hereafter with your Lord is for the righteous.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:36
وَمَنْ يَعْشُ عَنْ ذِكْرِ الرَّحْمٰنِ نُقَيِّضْ لَهُ شَيْطَاناً فَهُوَ لَهُ قَرٖينٌ
TransliterationWaman yaʿshu ʿan thikri alrraḥmāni nuqayyiḏ lahu shayṭānan fahuwa lahu qareenun
TranslationAnd whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:37
وَاِنَّهُمْ لَيَصُدُّونَهُمْ عَنِ السَّبٖيلِ وَيَحْسَبُونَ اَنَّهُمْ مُهْتَدُونَ
TransliterationWainnahum layaṣuddoonahum ʿani alssabeeli wayaḥsaboona annahum muhtadoona
TranslationAnd indeed, the devils avert them from the way [of guidance] while they think that they are [rightly] guided
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Az-Zukhruf 43:38
حَتّٰٓى اِذَا جَٓاءَنَا قَالَ يَا لَيْتَ بَيْنٖي وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ الْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ الْقَرٖينُ
TransliterationḤattā ithā jāanā qāla yā layta baynee wabaynaka buʿda almashriqayni fabisa alqareenu
TranslationUntil, when he comes to Us [at Judgement], he says [to his companion], "Oh, I wish there was between me and you the distance between the east and west - how wretched a companion."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:39
وَلَنْ يَنْفَعَكُمُ الْيَوْمَ اِذْ ظَلَمْتُمْ اَنَّكُمْ فِي الْعَذَابِ مُشْتَرِكُونَ
TransliterationWalan yanfaʿakumu alyawma ith thalamtum annakum fee alʿathābi mushtarikoona
TranslationAnd never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:40
اَفَاَنْتَ تُسْمِــعُ الصُّمَّ اَوْ تَهْدِي الْعُمْيَ وَمَنْ كَانَ فٖي ضَلَالٍ مُبٖينٍ
TransliterationAfaanta tusmiʿu alṣṣumma aw tahdee alʿumya waman kāna fee ḏalālin mubeenin
TranslationThen will you make the deaf hear, [O Muhammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?
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Az-Zukhruf 43:41
فَاِمَّا نَذْهَبَنَّ بِكَ فَاِنَّا مِنْهُمْ مُنْتَقِمُونَۙ
TransliterationFaimmā nathhabanna bika fainnā minhum muntaqimoona
TranslationAnd whether [or not] We take you away [in death], indeed, We will take retribution upon them.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:42
اَوْ نُرِيَنَّكَ الَّذٖي وَعَدْنَاهُمْ فَاِنَّا عَلَيْهِمْ مُقْتَدِرُونَ
TransliterationAw nuriyannaka allathee waʿadnāhum fainnā ʿalayhim muqtadiroona
TranslationOr whether [or not] We show you that which We have promised them, indeed, We are Perfect in Ability.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:43
فَاسْتَمْسِكْ بِالَّـذٖٓي اُو۫حِيَ اِلَيْكَۚ اِنَّكَ عَلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقٖيمٍ
TransliterationFaistamsik biallathee ooḥiya ilayka innaka ʿalā ṣirāṭin mustaqeemin
TranslationSo adhere to that which is revealed to you. Indeed, you are on a straight path.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:44
وَاِنَّهُ لَذِكْرٌ لَكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَۚ وَسَوْفَ تُسْـَٔلُونَ
TransliterationWainnahu lathikrun laka waliqawmika wasawfa tusaloona
TranslationAnd indeed, it is a remembrance for you and your people, and you [all] are going to be questioned.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:45
وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ اَرْسَلْنَا مِنْ قَبْلِكَ مِنْ رُسُلِنَاࣗ اَجَعَلْنَا مِنْ دُونِ الرَّحْمٰنِ اٰلِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَࣖ
TransliterationWaisal man arsalnā min qablika min rusulinā ajaʿalnā min dooni alrraḥmāni ālihatan yuʿbadoona
TranslationAnd ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?
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Az-Zukhruf 43:46
وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا مُوسٰى بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اِلٰى فِرْعَوْنَ وَمَلَا۬ئِهٖ فَقَالَ اِنّٖي رَسُولُ رَبِّ الْعَالَمٖينَ
TransliterationWalaqad arsalnā moosā biāyātinā ilā firʿawna wamalaihi faqāla innee rasoolu rabbi alʿālameena
TranslationAnd certainly did We send Moses with Our signs to Pharaoh and his establishment, and he said, "Indeed, I am the messenger of the Lord of the worlds."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:47
فَلَمَّا جَٓاءَهُمْ بِاٰيَاتِنَٓا اِذَا هُمْ مِنْهَا يَضْحَكُونَ
TransliterationFalammā jāahum biāyātinā ithā hum minhā yaḏḥakoona
TranslationBut when he brought them Our signs, at once they laughed at them.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:48
وَمَا نُرٖيهِمْ مِنْ اٰيَةٍ اِلَّا هِيَ اَكْبَرُ مِنْ اُخْتِهَاؗ وَاَخَذْنَاهُمْ بِالْعَذَابِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ
TransliterationWamā nureehim min āyatin illā hiya akbaru min okhtihā waakhathnāhum bialʿathābi laʿallahum yarjiʿoona
TranslationAnd We showed them not a sign except that it was greater than its sister, and We seized them with affliction that perhaps they might return [to faith].
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Az-Zukhruf 43:49
وَقَالُوا يَٓا اَيُّهَ السَّاحِرُ ادْعُ لَنَا رَبَّكَ بِمَا عَهِدَ عِنْدَكَ اِنَّـنَا لَمُهْتَدُونَ
TransliterationWaqāloo yā ayyuhā alsāḥiru odʿu lanā rabbaka bimā ʿahida ʿindaka innanā lamuhtadoona
TranslationAnd they said [to Moses], "O magician, invoke for us your Lord by what He has promised you. Indeed, we will be guided."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:50
فَلَمَّا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمُ الْعَذَابَ اِذَا هُمْ يَنْكُثُونَ
TransliterationFalammā kashafnā ʿanhumu alʿathāba ithā hum yankuthoona
TranslationBut when We removed from them the affliction, at once they broke their word.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:51
وَنَادٰى فِرْعَوْنُ فٖي قَوْمِهٖ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اَلَيْسَ لٖي مُلْكُ مِصْرَ وَهٰذِهِ الْاَنْهَارُ تَجْرٖي مِنْ تَحْتٖيۚ اَفَلَا تُبْصِرُونَؕ
TransliterationWanādā firʿawnu fee qawmihi qāla yā qawmi alaysa lee mulku miṣra wahāthihi alanhāru tajree min taḥtee afalā tubṣiroona
TranslationAnd Pharaoh called out among his people; he said, "O my people, does not the kingdom of Egypt belong to me, and these rivers flowing beneath me; then do you not see?
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Az-Zukhruf 43:52
اَمْ اَنَا۬ خَيْرٌ مِنْ هٰذَا الَّذٖي هُوَ مَهٖينٌ وَلَا يَكَادُ يُبٖينُ
TransliterationAm anā khayrun min hāthā allathee huwa maheenun walā yakādu yubeenu
TranslationOr am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?
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Az-Zukhruf 43:53
فَلَوْلَٓا اُلْقِيَ عَلَيْهِ اَسْوِرَةٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ اَوْ جَٓاءَ مَعَهُ الْمَلٰٓئِكَةُ مُقْتَرِنٖينَ
TransliterationFalawlā olqiya ʿalayhi aswiratun min thahabin aw jāa maʿahu almalāikatu muqtarineena
TranslationThen why have there not been placed upon him bracelets of gold or come with him the angels in conjunction?"
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Az-Zukhruf 43:54
فَاسْتَخَفَّ قَوْمَهُ فَاَطَاعُوهُؕ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْماً فَاسِقٖينَ
TransliterationFaistakhaffa qawmahu faaṭāʿoohu innahum kānoo qawman fāsiqeena
TranslationSo he bluffed his people, and they obeyed him. Indeed, they were [themselves] a people defiantly disobedient [of Allah].
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Az-Zukhruf 43:55
فَلَمَّٓا اٰسَفُونَا انْتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَاَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ اَجْمَعٖينَۙ
TransliterationFalammā āsafoonā intaqamnā minhum faaghraqnāhum ajmaʿeena
TranslationAnd when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:56
فَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ سَلَفاً وَمَثَلاً لِلْاٰخِرٖينَࣖ
TransliterationFajaʿalnāhum salafan wamathalan lilākhireena
TranslationAnd We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:57
وَلَمَّا ضُرِبَ ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ مَثَلاً اِذَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْهُ يَصِدُّونَ
TransliterationWalammā ḏuriba ibnu maryama mathalan ithā qawmuka minhu yaṣiddoona
TranslationAnd when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:58
وَقَالُٓوا ءَاٰلِهَتُنَا خَيْرٌ اَمْ هُوَؕ مَا ضَرَبُوهُ لَكَ اِلَّا جَدَلاًؕ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌ خَصِمُونَ
TransliterationWaqāloo aālihatunā khayrun am huwa mā ḏaraboohu laka illā jadalan bal hum qawmun khaṣimoona
TranslationAnd they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:59
اِنْ هُوَ اِلَّا عَبْدٌ اَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَاهُ مَثَلاً لِبَنٖٓي اِسْرَٓائٖلَؕ
TransliterationIn huwa illā ʿabdun anʿamnā ʿalayhi wajaʿalnāhu mathalan libanee isrāeela
TranslationJesus was not but a servant upon whom We bestowed favor, and We made him an example for the Children of Israel.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:60
وَلَوْ نَشَٓاءُ لَجَعَلْنَا مِنْكُمْ مَلٰٓئِكَةً فِي الْاَرْضِ يَخْلُفُونَ
TransliterationWalaw nashāo lajaʿalnā minkum malāikatan fee alarḏi yakhlufoona
TranslationAnd if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:61
وَاِنَّهُ لَعِلْمٌ لِلسَّاعَةِ فَلَا تَمْتَرُنَّ بِهَا وَاتَّبِعُونِؕ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقٖيمٌ
TransliterationWainnahu laʿilmun lilssāʿati falā tamtarunna bihā waittabiʿooni hāthā ṣirāṭun mustaqeemun
TranslationAnd indeed, Jesus will be [a sign for] knowledge of the Hour, so be not in doubt of it, and follow Me. This is a straight path.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:62
وَلَا يَصُدَّنَّكُمُ الشَّيْطَانُۚ اِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبٖينٌ
TransliterationWalā yaṣuddannakumu alshshayṭānu innahu lakum ʿaduwwun mubeenun
TranslationAnd never let Satan avert you. Indeed, he is to you a clear enemy.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:63
وَلَمَّا جَٓاءَ عٖيسٰى بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ قَالَ قَدْ جِئْتُكُمْ بِالْحِكْمَةِ وَلِاُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ بَعْضَ الَّذٖي تَخْتَلِفُونَ فٖيهِۚ فَاتَّقُوا اللّٰهَ وَاَطٖيعُونِ
TransliterationWalammā jāa ʿeesā bialbayyināti qāla qad jitukum bialḥikmati waliobayyina lakum baʿḏa allathee takhtalifoona feehi faittaqoo Allāha waaṭeeʿooni
TranslationAnd when Jesus brought clear proofs, he said, "I have come to you with wisdom and to make clear to you some of that over which you differ, so fear Allah and obey me.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:64
اِنَّ اللّٰهَ هُوَ رَبّٖي وَرَبُّكُمْ فَاعْبُدُوهُؕ هٰذَا صِرَاطٌ مُسْتَقٖيمٌ
TransliterationInna Allāha huwa rabbee warabbukum faoʿbudoohu hāthā ṣirāṭun mustaqeemun
TranslationIndeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:65
فَاخْتَلَفَ الْاَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْۚ فَوَيْلٌ لِلَّذٖينَ ظَلَمُوا مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ اَلٖيمٍ
TransliterationFaikhtalafa alaḥzābu min baynihim fawaylun lillatheena thalamoo min ʿathābi yawmin aleemin
TranslationBut the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:66
هَلْ يَنْظُرُونَ اِلَّا السَّاعَةَ اَنْ تَأْتِيَهُمْ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ
TransliterationHal yanthuroona illā alssāʿata an tatiyahum baghtatan wahum lā yashʿuroona
TranslationAre they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?
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Az-Zukhruf 43:67
اَلْاَخِلَّٓاءُ يَوْمَئِذٍ بَعْضُهُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ اِلَّا الْمُتَّقٖينَؕࣖ
TransliterationAlakhillāo yawmaithin baʿḏuhum libaʿḏin ʿaduwwun illā almuttaqeena
TranslationClose friends, that Day, will be enemies to each other, except for the righteous
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Az-Zukhruf 43:68
يَا عِبَادِ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ وَلَٓا اَنْتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَۚ
TransliterationYā ʿibādi lā khawfun ʿalaykumu alyawma walā antum taḥzanoona
Translation[To whom Allah will say], "O My servants, no fear will there be concerning you this Day, nor will you grieve,
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Az-Zukhruf 43:69
اَلَّذٖينَ اٰمَنُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَا وَكَانُوا مُسْلِمٖينَۚ
TransliterationAllatheena āmanoo biāyātinā wakānoo muslimeena
Translation[You] who believed in Our verses and were Muslims.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:70
اُدْخُلُوا الْجَنَّةَ اَنْتُمْ وَاَزْوَاجُكُمْ تُحْبَرُونَ
TransliterationOdkhuloo aljannata antum waazwājukum tuḥbaroona
TranslationEnter Paradise, you and your kinds, delighted."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:71
يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِمْ بِصِحَافٍ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ وَاَكْوَابٍۚ وَفٖيهَا مَا تَشْتَهٖيهِ الْاَنْفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ الْاَعْيُنُۚ وَاَنْتُمْ فٖيهَا خَالِدُونَۚ
TransliterationYuṭāfu ʿalayhim biṣiḥāfin min thahabin waakwābin wafeehā mā tashtaheehi alanfusu watalaththu alaʿyunu waantum feehā khālidoona
TranslationCirculated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:72
وَتِلْكَ الْجَنَّةُ الَّتٖٓي اُو۫رِثْتُمُوهَا بِمَا كُنْتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَ
TransliterationWatilka aljannatu allatee oorithtumoohā bimā kuntum taʿmaloona
TranslationAnd that is Paradise which you are made to inherit for what you used to do.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:73
لَكُمْ فٖيهَا فَاكِهَةٌ كَثٖيرَةٌ مِنْهَا تَأْكُلُونَ
TransliterationLakum feehā fākihatun katheeratun minhā takuloona
TranslationFor you therein is much fruit from which you will eat.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:74
اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمٖينَ فٖي عَذَابِ جَهَنَّمَ خَالِدُونَۚ
TransliterationInna almujrimeena fee ʿathābi jahannama khālidoona
TranslationIndeed, the criminals will be in the punishment of Hell, abiding eternally.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:75
لَا يُفَتَّرُ عَنْهُمْ وَهُمْ فٖيهِ مُبْلِسُونَۚ
TransliterationLā yufattaru ʿanhum wahum feehi mublisoona
TranslationIt will not be allowed to subside for them, and they, therein, are in despair.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:76
وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الظَّالِمٖينَ
TransliterationWamā thalamnāhum walākin kānoo humu alththālimeena
TranslationAnd We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:77
وَنَادَوْا يَا مَالِكُ لِيَقْضِ عَلَيْنَا رَبُّكَؕ قَالَ اِنَّكُمْ مَاكِثُونَ
TransliterationWanādaw yā māliku liyaqḏi ʿalaynā rabbuka qāla innakum mākithoona
TranslationAnd they will call, "O Malik, let your Lord put an end to us!" He will say, "Indeed, you will remain."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:78
لَقَدْ جِئْنَاكُمْ بِالْحَقِّ وَلٰكِنَّ اَكْثَرَكُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَارِهُونَ
TransliterationLaqad jinākum bialḥaqqi walākinna aktharakum lilḥaqqi kārihoona
TranslationWe had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:79
اَمْ اَبْرَمُٓوا اَمْراً فَاِنَّا مُبْرِمُونَۚ
TransliterationAm abramoo amran fainnā mubrimoona
TranslationOr have they devised [some] affair? But indeed, We are devising [a plan].
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Az-Zukhruf 43:80
اَمْ يَحْسَبُونَ اَنَّا لَا نَسْمَعُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوٰيهُمْؕ بَلٰى وَرُسُلُنَا لَدَيْهِمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
TransliterationAm yaḥsaboona annā lā nasmaʿu sirrahum wanajwāhum balā warusulunā ladayhim yaktuboona
TranslationOr do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers are with them recording.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:81
قُلْ اِنْ كَانَ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ وَلَدٌࣗ فَاَنَا۬ اَوَّلُ الْعَابِدٖينَ
TransliterationQul in kāna lilrraḥmāni waladun faanā awwalu alʿābideena
TranslationSay, [O Muhammad], "If the Most Merciful had a son, then I would be the first of [his] worshippers."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:82
سُبْحَانَ رَبِّ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ رَبِّ الْعَرْشِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ
TransliterationSubḥāna rabbi alssamāwāti waalarḏi rabbi alʿarshi ʿammā yaṣifoona
TranslationExalted is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Lord of the Throne, above what they describe.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:83
فَذَرْهُمْ يَخُوضُوا وَيَلْعَبُوا حَتّٰى يُلَاقُوا يَوْمَهُمُ الَّذٖي يُوعَدُونَ
TransliterationFatharhum yakhooḏoo wayalʿaboo ḥattā yulāqoo yawmahumu allathee yooʿadoona
TranslationSo leave them to converse vainly and amuse themselves until they meet their Day which they are promised.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:84
وَهُوَ الَّذٖي فِي السَّمَٓاءِ اِلٰهٌ وَفِي الْاَرْضِ اِلٰهٌؕ وَهُوَ الْحَكٖيمُ الْعَلٖيمُ
TransliterationWahuwa allathee fee alssamāi ilāhun wafee alarḏi ilāhun wahuwa alḥakeemu alʿaleemu
TranslationAnd it is Allah who is [the only] deity in the heaven, and on the earth [the only] deity. And He is the Wise, the Knowing.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:85
وَتَبَارَكَ الَّذٖي لَهُ مُلْكُ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالْاَرْضِ وَمَا بَيْنَهُمَاۚ وَعِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِۚ وَاِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ
TransliterationWatabāraka allathee lahu mulku alssamāwāti waalarḏi wamā baynahumā waʿindahu ʿilmu alssāʿati wailayhi turjaʿoona
TranslationAnd blessed is He to whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them and with whom is knowledge of the Hour and to whom you will be returned.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:86
وَلَا يَمْلِكُ الَّذٖينَ يَدْعُونَ مِنْ دُونِهِ الشَّفَاعَةَ اِلَّا مَنْ شَهِدَ بِالْحَقِّ وَهُمْ يَعْلَمُونَ
TransliterationWalā yamliku allatheena yadʿoona min doonihi alshshafāʿata illā man shahida bialḥaqqi wahum yaʿlamoona
TranslationAnd those they invoke besides Him do not possess [power of] intercession; but only those who testify to the truth [can benefit], and they know.
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Az-Zukhruf 43:87
وَلَئِنْ سَاَلْتَهُمْ مَنْ خَلَقَهُمْ لَيَقُولُنَّ اللّٰهُ فَاَنّٰى يُؤْفَكُونَۙ
TransliterationWalain saaltahum man khalaqahum layaqoolunna Allāhu faannā yufakoona
TranslationAnd if you asked them who created them, they would surely say, "Allah." So how are they deluded?
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Az-Zukhruf 43:88
وَقٖيلِهٖ يَا رَبِّ اِنَّ هٰٓؤُ۬لَٓاءِ قَوْمٌ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَۘ
TransliterationWaqeelihi yārabbi inna hāolāi qawmun lā yuminoona
TranslationAnd [Allah acknowledges] his saying, "O my Lord, indeed these are a people who do not believe."
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Az-Zukhruf 43:89
فَاصْفَحْ عَنْهُمْ وَقُلْ سَلَامٌؕ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ
TransliterationFaiṣfaḥ ʿanhum waqul salāmun fasawfa yaʿlamoona
TranslationSo turn aside from them and say, "Peace." But they are going to know.
Translation: Saheeh International. Arabic text: Mushaf of the Presidency of Religious Affairs of Türkiye (Diyanet), 605 pages; kuran.diyanet.gov.tr. Transliteration: Açık Kuran (acikkuran.com).
Surah Az-Zukhruf: FAQ
How many ayahs are in Surah Az-Zukhruf?
Surah Az-Zukhruf has 89 ayahs.
Which page is Surah Az-Zukhruf on?
Az-Zukhruf is surah 43 of the Quran. In the Diyanet mushaf it is in juz 25, on pages 489–495.
Is Surah Az-Zukhruf Meccan or Medinan?
In the Quran data of the Tevazu app, Surah Az-Zukhruf is classified as Meccan.