Surah Ash-Shu'araa · Ayah 43·Makkī

43

لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ مَآ أَنتُم ﴿٤٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."

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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 · 2 roots in 3 of 7 words

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Idghām shafawī2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Ikhfāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 26 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 43 of 227

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 7:115 · Al-A'raafvery close

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ

    They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."

  • Quran 26:64 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ ٱلْـَٔاخَرِينَ

    And We advanced thereto the pursuers.

  • Quran 20:67 · Taa-Haavery close

    فَأَوْجَسَ فِى نَفْسِهِۦ خِيفَةً مُّوسَىٰ

    And he sensed within himself apprehension, did Moses.

  • Quran 26:61 · Ash-Shu'araavery close

    فَلَمَّا تَرَٰٓءَا ٱلْجَمْعَانِ قَالَ أَصْحَٰبُ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنَّا لَمُدْرَكُونَ

    And when the two companies saw one another, the companions of Moses said, "Indeed, we are to be overtaken!"

  • Quran 10:80 · Yunusvery close

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

    So when the magicians came, Moses said to them, "Throw down whatever you will throw."

  • Quran 7:127 · Al-A'raafvery close

    وَقَالَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِن قَوْمِ فِرْعَوْنَ أَتَذَرُ مُوسَىٰ وَقَوْمَهُۥ لِيُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَيَذَرَكَ وَءَالِهَتَكَ قَالَ سَنُقَتِّلُ أَبْنَآءَهُمْ وَنَسْتَحْىِۦ نِسَآءَهُمْ وَإِنَّا فَوْقَهُمْ قَٰهِرُونَ

    And the eminent among the people of Pharaoh said," Will you leave Moses and his people to cause corruption in the land and abandon you and your gods?" [Pharaoh] said, "We will…

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.

  • Taa-Haa 20:192 shared roots

    قَالَ أَلْقِهَا يَٰمُوسَىٰ

    ل-ق-يق-و-ل

  • Al-A'raaf 7:1152 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ نَحْنُ ٱلْمُلْقِينَ

    ل-ق-يق-و-ل

  • Taa-Haa 20:652 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰمُوسَىٰٓ إِمَّآ أَن تُلْقِىَ وَإِمَّآ أَن نَّكُونَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ أَلْقَىٰ

    ل-ق-يق-و-ل

  • Al-Muzzammil 73:52 shared roots

    إِنَّا سَنُلْقِى عَلَيْكَ قَوْلًا ثَقِيلًا

    ل-ق-يق-و-ل

  • Yunus 10:802 shared roots

    فَلَمَّا جَآءَ ٱلسَّحَرَةُ قَالَ لَهُم مُّوسَىٰٓ أَلْقُوا۟ مَآ أَنتُم مُّلْقُونَ

    ل-ق-يق-و-ل

  • As-Saaffaat 37:972 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ ٱبْنُوا۟ لَهُۥ بُنْيَٰنًا فَأَلْقُوهُ فِى ٱلْجَحِيمِ

    ل-ق-يق-و-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 26:43?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 26:43 include Quran 7:115 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 26:64 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 20:67 (Surah Taa-Haa), and Quran 26:61 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 7:115 reads: “They said, "O Moses, either you throw [your staff], or we will be the ones to throw [first]."” 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 26:43 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 26:43 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, The Poets) reads: “Moses said to them, "Throw whatever you will throw."”

Which surah is verse 26:43 in?

Quran 26:43 is āyah 43 of Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets), chapter 26 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 227 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 26:43?

Tartīl presents Quran 26:43 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.