Surah Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 43·Makkī

43

أَمْ لَهُمْ مِّن لَا وَلَا هُم مِّنَّا ﴿٤٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 14 words

Recitation · 22 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī6
  • Madd ṭabīʿī9
  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Ghunnah3
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

14 words · 56 letters · āyah 43 of 112

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.

  • لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ نَصْرَهُمْ وَهُمْ لَهُمْ جُندٌ مُّحْضَرُونَ

    They are not able to help them, and they [themselves] are for them soldiers in attendance.

  • لَهُمْ فِيهَا زَفِيرٌ وَهُمْ فِيهَا لَا يَسْمَعُونَ

    For them therein is heavy sighing, and they therein will not hear.

  • وَلَوْ شَآءَ ٱللَّهُ مَآ أَشْرَكُوا۟ وَمَا جَعَلْنَٰكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَفِيظًا وَمَآ أَنتَ عَلَيْهِم بِوَكِيلٍ

    But if Allah had willed, they would not have associated. And We have not appointed you over them as a guardian, nor are you a manager over them.

  • أَوَلَمْ يَرَوْا۟ أَنَّا جَعَلْنَا حَرَمًا ءَامِنًا وَيُتَخَطَّفُ ٱلنَّاسُ مِنْ حَوْلِهِمْ أَفَبِٱلْبَٰطِلِ يُؤْمِنُونَ وَبِنِعْمَةِ ٱللَّهِ يَكْفُرُونَ

    Have they not seen that We made [Makkah] a safe sanctuary, while people are being taken away all around them? Then in falsehood do they believe, and in the favor of Allah they…

  • أَمْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنًا فَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يُشْرِكُونَ

    Or have We sent down to them an authority, and it speaks of what they were associating with Him?

  • أَمْ حَسِبَ ٱلَّذِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَسْبِقُونَا سَآءَ مَا يَحْكُمُونَ

    Or do those who do evil deeds think they can outrun Us? Evil is what they judge.

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 21:43?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 21:43 include Quran 36:75 (Surah Yaseen), Quran 21:100 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 6:107 (Surah Al-An'aam), and Quran 29:67 (Surah Al-Ankaboot). For example, 36:75 reads: “They are not able to help them, and they [themselves] are for them soldiers in attendance.” 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 21:43 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 21:43 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, The Prophets) reads: “Or do they have gods to defend them other than Us? They are unable [even] to help themselves, nor can they be protected from Us.”

Which surah is verse 21:43 in?

Quran 21:43 is āyah 43 of Surah Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets), chapter 21 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 112 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 21:43?

Tartīl presents Quran 21:43 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.