Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 23·Makkī

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وَكَذَٰلِكَ مَآ مِن فِى مِّن إِلَّا إِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ﴿٢٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And 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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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 · 11 roots in 11 of 21 words

Rarest here: ق-د-و — 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 34 points across 6 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī16
  • Ikhfāʾ5
  • Qalqalah3
  • Ghunnah6
  • Light rāʾ3
  • Idghām shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

21 words · 84 letters · āyah 23 of 89

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 26:75 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    قَالَ أَفَرَءَيْتُم مَّا كُنتُمْ تَعْبُدُونَ

    He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,

  • Quran 34:34 · Sabaclose

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    And We did not send into a city any warner except that its affluent said, "Indeed we, in that with which you were sent, are disbelievers."

  • Quran 33:67 · Al-Ahzaabclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ إِنَّآ أَطَعْنَا سَادَتَنَا وَكُبَرَآءَنَا فَأَضَلُّونَا ٱلسَّبِيلَا۠

    And they will say, "Our Lord, indeed we obeyed our masters and our dignitaries, and they led us astray from the [right] way.

  • Quran 26:137 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا خُلُقُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    This is not but the custom of the former peoples,

  • Quran 37:71 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

    And there had already strayed before them most of the former peoples,

  • Quran 28:45 · Al-Qasasclose

    وَلَٰكِنَّآ أَنشَأْنَا قُرُونًا فَتَطَاوَلَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْعُمُرُ وَمَا كُنتَ ثَاوِيًا فِىٓ أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ تَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا وَلَٰكِنَّا كُنَّا مُرْسِلِينَ

    But We produced [many] generations [after Moses], and prolonged was their duration. And you were not a resident among the people of Madyan, reciting to them Our verses, but We…

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.

  • Saba 34:345 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّذِيرٍ إِلَّا قَالَ مُتْرَفُوهَآ إِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    ت-ر-فق-ر-ين-ذ-رر-س-لق-و-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:225 shared roots

    بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

    أ-ث-رو-ج-دأ-ب-وأ-م-مق-و-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:225 shared roots

    بَلْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَآ ءَابَآءَنَا عَلَىٰٓ أُمَّةٍ وَإِنَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَٰرِهِم مُّهْتَدُونَ

    أ-ث-رو-ج-دأ-ب-وأ-م-مق-و-ل

  • Al-Waaqia 56:452 shared roots

    إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَبْلَ ذَٰلِكَ مُتْرَفِينَ

    ت-ر-فق-ب-ل

  • Al-An'aam 6:902 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ هَدَى ٱللَّهُ فَبِهُدَىٰهُمُ ٱقْتَدِهْ قُل لَّآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرَىٰ لِلْعَٰلَمِينَ

    ق-د-وق-و-ل

  • Abasa 80:352 shared roots

    وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

    أ-ب-وأ-م-م

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:23?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:23 include Quran 26:75 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 34:34 (Surah Saba), Quran 33:67 (Surah Al-Ahzaab), and Quran 26:137 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa). For example, 26:75 reads: “He said, "Then do you see what you have been worshipping,” 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 43:23 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:23 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “And 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."”

Which surah is verse 43:23 in?

Quran 43:23 is āyah 23 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (Ornaments of gold), chapter 43 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 89 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 43:23?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:23 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.