Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 55·Makkī

55

فَلَمَّآ مِنْهُمْ ﴿٥٥﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.

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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 6 words

Rarest here: أ-س-ف — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 15 points across 6 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī6
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Heavy rāʾ1
  • Qalqalah2

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 36 letters · āyah 55 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 7:136 · Al-A'raafvery close

    فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَٰفِلِينَ

    So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

  • Quran 17:103 · Al-Israaclose

    فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًا

    So he intended to drive them from the land, but We drowned him and those with him all together.

  • Quran 27:51 · An-Namlclose

    فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ مَكْرِهِمْ أَنَّا دَمَّرْنَٰهُمْ وَقَوْمَهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    Then look how was the outcome of their plan - that We destroyed them and their people, all.

  • Quran 43:25 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَٰقِبَةُ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

    So we took retribution from them; then see how was the end of the deniers.

  • Quran 18:59 · Al-Kahfclose

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

    And those cities - We destroyed them when they wronged, and We made for their destruction an appointed time.

  • Quran 29:40 · Al-Ankabootclose

    فَكُلًّا أَخَذْنَا بِذَنۢبِهِۦ فَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِ حَاصِبًا وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَخَذَتْهُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ خَسَفْنَا بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَمِنْهُم مَّنْ أَغْرَقْنَا وَمَا كَانَ ٱللَّهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلَٰكِن كَانُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

    So each We seized for his sin; and among them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them were those who were seized by the blast [from the sky], and among them…

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-A'raaf 7:1362 shared roots

    فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَٰفِلِينَ

    ن-ق-مغ-ر-ق

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:772 shared roots

    وَنَصَرْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ قَوْمَ سَوْءٍ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

    غ-ر-قج-م-ع

  • Al-Israa 17:1032 shared roots

    فَأَرَادَ أَن يَسْتَفِزَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ جَمِيعًا

    غ-ر-قج-م-ع

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:55?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:55 include Quran 7:136 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 17:103 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 27:51 (Surah An-Naml), and Quran 43:25 (Surah Az-Zukhruf). For example, 7:136 reads: “So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.” 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 43:55 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:55 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “And when they angered Us, We took retribution from them and drowned them all.”

Which surah is verse 43:55 in?

Quran 43:55 is āyah 55 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 43:55?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:55 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.