Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 52·Makkī

52

أَمْ أَنَا۠ مِّنْ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى هُوَ وَلَا ﴿٥٢﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?

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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 · 4 roots in 4 of 11 words

Rarest here: م-ه-ن — 4× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Idghām (with ghunnah)3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 34 letters · āyah 52 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 54:25 · Al-Qamarclose

    أَءُلْقِىَ ٱلذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِنۢ بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

    Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."

  • Quran 74:24 · Al-Muddaththirclose

    فَقَالَ إِنْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا سِحْرٌ يُؤْثَرُ

    And said, "This is not but magic imitated [from others].

  • Quran 90:6 · Al-Baladrelated

    يَقُولُ أَهْلَكْتُ مَالًا لُّبَدًا

    He says, "I have spent wealth in abundance."

  • Quran 68:12 · Al-Qalamrelated

    مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

    A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

  • Quran 50:27 · Qaafrelated

    قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَٰكِن كَانَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۭ بَعِيدٍ

    His [devil] companion will say, "Our Lord, I did not make him transgress, but he [himself] was in extreme error."

  • Quran 11:55 · Hudrelated

    مِن دُونِهِۦ فَكِيدُونِى جَمِيعًا ثُمَّ لَا تُنظِرُونِ

    Other than Him. So plot against me all together; then do not give me respite.

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-Kahf 18:932 shared roots

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَيْنَ ٱلسَّدَّيْنِ وَجَدَ مِن دُونِهِمَا قَوْمًا لَّا يَكَادُونَ يَفْقَهُونَ قَوْلًا

    ك-و-دب-ي-ن

  • Al-Hajj 22:722 shared roots

    وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ تَعْرِفُ فِى وُجُوهِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ٱلْمُنكَرَ يَكَادُونَ يَسْطُونَ بِٱلَّذِينَ يَتْلُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتِنَا قُلْ أَفَأُنَبِّئُكُم بِشَرٍّ مِّن ذَٰلِكُمُ ٱلنَّارُ وَعَدَهَا ٱللَّهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمَصِيرُ

    ك-و-دب-ي-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:872 shared roots

    وَإِن كَانَ طَآئِفَةٌ مِّنكُمْ ءَامَنُوا۟ بِٱلَّذِىٓ أُرْسِلْتُ بِهِۦ وَطَآئِفَةٌ لَّمْ يُؤْمِنُوا۟ فَٱصْبِرُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَحْكُمَ ٱللَّهُ بَيْنَنَا وَهُوَ خَيْرُ ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ

    خ-ي-رب-ي-ن

  • An-Noor 24:122 shared roots

    لَّوْلَآ إِذْ سَمِعْتُمُوهُ ظَنَّ ٱلْمُؤْمِنُونَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتُ بِأَنفُسِهِمْ خَيْرًا وَقَالُوا۟ هَٰذَآ إِفْكٌ مُّبِينٌ

    خ-ي-رب-ي-ن

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:362 shared roots

    وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ وَلَا مُؤْمِنَةٍ إِذَا قَضَى ٱللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُۥٓ أَمْرًا أَن يَكُونَ لَهُمُ ٱلْخِيَرَةُ مِنْ أَمْرِهِمْ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلًا مُّبِينًا

    خ-ي-رب-ي-ن

  • Maryam 19:732 shared roots

    وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَىُّ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ خَيْرٌ مَّقَامًا وَأَحْسَنُ نَدِيًّا

    خ-ي-رب-ي-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:52?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:52 include Quran 54:25 (Surah Al-Qamar), Quran 74:24 (Surah Al-Muddaththir), Quran 90:6 (Surah Al-Balad), and Quran 68:12 (Surah Al-Qalam). For example, 54:25 reads: “Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."” 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 43:52 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:52 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “Or am I [not] better than this one who is insignificant and hardly makes himself clear?”

Which surah is verse 43:52 in?

Quran 43:52 is āyah 52 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 43:52?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:52 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.