Surah Al-Qalam · Ayah 43·Makkī

43

وَقَدْ إِلَى وَهُمْ ﴿٤٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.

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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 · 8 roots in 8 of 11 words

Rarest here: ر-ه-ق — 10× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 18 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār2
  • Qalqalah3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 49 letters · āyah 43 of 52

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 70:44 · Al-Ma'aarijclose

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

    Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.

  • Quran 42:45 · Ash-Shuraclose

    وَتَرَىٰهُمْ يُعْرَضُونَ عَلَيْهَا خَٰشِعِينَ مِنَ ٱلذُّلِّ يَنظُرُونَ مِن طَرْفٍ خَفِىٍّ وَقَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ إِنَّ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ ٱلَّذِينَ خَسِرُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَأَهْلِيهِمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَلَآ إِنَّ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِى عَذَابٍ مُّقِيمٍ

    And you will see them being exposed to the Fire, humbled from humiliation, looking from [behind] a covert glance. And those who had believed will say, "Indeed, the [true] losers…

  • Quran 23:76 · Al-Muminoonclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَخَذْنَٰهُم بِٱلْعَذَابِ فَمَا ٱسْتَكَانُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَمَا يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

    And We had gripped them with suffering [as a warning], but they did not yield to their Lord, nor did they humbly supplicate, [and will continue thus]

  • Quran 11:67 · Hudclose

    وَأَخَذَ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ فَأَصْبَحُوا۟ فِى دِيَٰرِهِمْ جَٰثِمِينَ

    And the shriek seized those who had wronged, and they became within their homes [corpses] fallen prone

  • Quran 17:109 · Al-Israaclose

    وَيَخِرُّونَ لِلْأَذْقَانِ يَبْكُونَ وَيَزِيدُهُمْ خُشُوعًا

    And they fall upon their faces weeping, and the Qur'an increases them in humble submission.

  • Quran 37:27 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَسَآءَلُونَ

    And they will approach one another blaming each other.

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.

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:445 shared roots

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

    ر-ه-قخ-ش-عذ-ل-لب-ص-رك-و-ن

  • An-Naazi'aat 79:92 shared roots

    أَبْصَٰرُهَا خَٰشِعَةٌ

    خ-ش-عب-ص-ر

  • Yunus 10:262 shared roots

    لِّلَّذِينَ أَحْسَنُوا۟ ٱلْحُسْنَىٰ وَزِيَادَةٌ وَلَا يَرْهَقُ وُجُوهَهُمْ قَتَرٌ وَلَا ذِلَّةٌ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْجَنَّةِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    ر-ه-قذ-ل-ل

  • Al-Hijr 15:322 shared roots

    قَالَ يَٰٓإِبْلِيسُ مَا لَكَ أَلَّا تَكُونَ مَعَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

    س-ج-دك-و-ن

  • Al-Jinn 72:182 shared roots

    وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًا

    س-ج-دد-ع-و

  • Taa-Haa 20:352 shared roots

    إِنَّكَ كُنتَ بِنَا بَصِيرًا

    ب-ص-رك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 68:43?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 68:43 include Quran 70:44 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij), Quran 42:45 (Surah Ash-Shura), Quran 23:76 (Surah Al-Muminoon), and Quran 11:67 (Surah Hud). For example, 70:44 reads: “Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. That is the Day which they had been promised.” 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 68:43 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 68:43 (Surah Al-Qalam, The Pen) reads: “Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.”

Which surah is verse 68:43 in?

Quran 68:43 is āyah 43 of Surah Al-Qalam (The Pen), chapter 68 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 52 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 68:43?

Tartīl presents Quran 68:43 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.