Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 36·Makkī

36

وَمَن عَن لَهُۥ فَهُوَ لَهُۥ ﴿٣٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And 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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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 11 words

Rarest here: ق-ي-ض 2× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 10 points across 4 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Light rāʾ3
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 37 letters · āyah 36 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.

  • تَٱللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ فَهُوَ وَلِيُّهُمُ ٱلْيَوْمَ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    By Allah, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is the disbelievers' ally today [as well], and they will…

  • فَصَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ وَٱنْحَرْ

    So pray to your Lord and sacrifice [to Him alone].

  • أَفَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ فَرَءَاهُ حَسَنًا فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يُضِلُّ مَن يَشَآءُ وَيَهْدِى مَن يَشَآءُ فَلَا تَذْهَبْ نَفْسُكَ عَلَيْهِمْ حَسَرَٰتٍ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمٌۢ بِمَا يَصْنَعُونَ

    Then is one to whom the evil of his deed has been made attractive so he considers it good [like one rightly guided]? For indeed, Allah sends astray whom He wills and guides whom…

  • سَنَدْعُ ٱلزَّبَانِيَةَ

    We will call the angels of Hell.

  • مَّنْ خَشِىَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنَ بِٱلْغَيْبِ وَجَآءَ بِقَلْبٍ مُّنِيبٍ

    Who feared the Most Merciful unseen and came with a heart returning [in repentance].

  • يُدْخِلُ مَن يَشَآءُ فِى رَحْمَتِهِۦ وَٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ أَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا أَلِيمًۢا

    He admits whom He wills into His mercy; but the wrongdoers - He has prepared for them a painful punishment.

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.

  • Fussilat 41:252 shared roots

    وَقَيَّضْنَا لَهُمْ قُرَنَآءَ فَزَيَّنُوا۟ لَهُم مَّا بَيْنَ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمَا خَلْفَهُمْ وَحَقَّ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلْقَوْلُ فِىٓ أُمَمٍ قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ وَٱلْإِنسِ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ خَٰسِرِينَ

    ق-ي-ضق-ر-ن

  • Al-Kahf 18:832 shared roots

    وَيَسْـَٔلُونَكَ عَن ذِى ٱلْقَرْنَيْنِ قُلْ سَأَتْلُوا۟ عَلَيْكُم مِّنْهُ ذِكْرًا

    ق-ر-نذ-ك-ر

  • An-Nisaa 4:382 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ يُنفِقُونَ أَمْوَٰلَهُمْ رِئَآءَ ٱلنَّاسِ وَلَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ وَلَا بِٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلْـَٔاخِرِ وَمَن يَكُنِ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ لَهُۥ قَرِينًا فَسَآءَ قَرِينًا

    ق-ر-نش-ط-ن

  • Al-Qasas 28:433 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْكِتَٰبَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَآ أَهْلَكْنَا ٱلْقُرُونَ ٱلْأُولَىٰ بَصَآئِرَ لِلنَّاسِ وَهُدًى وَرَحْمَةً لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    ق-ر-نذ-ك-رر-ح-م

  • Maryam 19:22 shared roots

    ذِكْرُ رَحْمَتِ رَبِّكَ عَبْدَهُۥ زَكَرِيَّآ

    ذ-ك-رر-ح-م

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:132 shared roots

    لِتَسْتَوُۥا۟ عَلَىٰ ظُهُورِهِۦ ثُمَّ تَذْكُرُوا۟ نِعْمَةَ رَبِّكُمْ إِذَا ٱسْتَوَيْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ وَتَقُولُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ ٱلَّذِى سَخَّرَ لَنَا هَٰذَا وَمَا كُنَّا لَهُۥ مُقْرِنِينَ

    ق-ر-نذ-ك-ر

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:36?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:36 include Quran 16:63 (Surah An-Nahl), Quran 108:2 (Surah Al-Kawthar), Quran 35:8 (Surah Faatir), and Quran 96:18 (Surah Al-Alaq). For example, 16:63 reads: “By Allah, We did certainly send [messengers] to nations before you, but Satan made their deeds attractive to them. And he is the disbelievers' ally today [as well], and they will…” 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 43:36 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:36 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “And whoever is blinded from remembrance of the Most Merciful - We appoint for him a devil, and he is to him a companion.”

Which surah is verse 43:36 in?

Quran 43:36 is āyah 36 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 43:36?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:36 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.