Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 56·Makkī

56

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Translation

Saheeh International

And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.

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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 4 words

Rarest here: س-ل-ف — 8× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 7 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Light rāʾ1

Commentary

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

Shape

4 words · 24 letters · āyah 56 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 23:42 · Al-Muminoonclose

    ثُمَّ أَنشَأْنَا مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ قُرُونًا ءَاخَرِينَ

    Then We produced after them other generations.

  • Quran 19:74 · Maryamclose

    وَكَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا قَبْلَهُم مِّن قَرْنٍ هُمْ أَحْسَنُ أَثَٰثًا وَرِءْيًا

    And how many a generation have We destroyed before them who were better in possessions and [outward] appearance?

  • Quran 37:118 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَهَدَيْنَٰهُمَا ٱلصِّرَٰطَ ٱلْمُسْتَقِيمَ

    And We guided them on the straight path.

  • Quran 37:71 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَلَقَدْ ضَلَّ قَبْلَهُمْ أَكْثَرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

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

  • Quran 7:51 · Al-A'raafclose

    ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ دِينَهُمْ لَهْوًا وَلَعِبًا وَغَرَّتْهُمُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةُ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَٱلْيَوْمَ نَنسَىٰهُمْ كَمَا نَسُوا۟ لِقَآءَ يَوْمِهِمْ هَٰذَا وَمَا كَانُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا يَجْحَدُونَ

    Who took their religion as distraction and amusement and whom the worldly life deluded." So today We will forget them just as they forgot the meeting of this Day of theirs and for…

  • Quran 44:27 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    وَنَعْمَةٍ كَانُوا۟ فِيهَا فَٰكِهِينَ

    And comfort wherein they were amused.

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-Hijr 15:962 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَجْعَلُونَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    أ-خ-رج-ع-ل

  • Adh-Dhaariyat 51:512 shared roots

    وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ إِنِّى لَكُم مِّنْهُ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

    أ-خ-رج-ع-ل

  • Az-Zukhruf 43:592 shared roots

    إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا عَبْدٌ أَنْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَجَعَلْنَٰهُ مَثَلًا لِّبَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ

    م-ث-لج-ع-ل

  • Al-Baqara 2:2752 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ لَا يَقُومُونَ إِلَّا كَمَا يَقُومُ ٱلَّذِى يَتَخَبَّطُهُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ مِنَ ٱلْمَسِّ ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّمَا ٱلْبَيْعُ مِثْلُ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ وَأَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْبَيْعَ وَحَرَّمَ ٱلرِّبَوٰا۟ فَمَن جَآءَهُۥ مَوْعِظَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ فَٱنتَهَىٰ فَلَهُۥ مَا سَلَفَ وَأَمْرُهُۥٓ إِلَى ٱللَّهِ وَمَنْ عَادَ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلنَّارِ هُمْ فِيهَا خَٰلِدُونَ

    س-ل-فم-ث-ل

  • An-Nahl 16:602 shared roots

    لِلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ مَثَلُ ٱلسَّوْءِ وَلِلَّهِ ٱلْمَثَلُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلْحَكِيمُ

    م-ث-لأ-خ-ر

  • Qaaf 50:262 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ فَأَلْقِيَاهُ فِى ٱلْعَذَابِ ٱلشَّدِيدِ

    أ-خ-رج-ع-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:56?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:56 include Quran 23:42 (Surah Al-Muminoon), Quran 19:74 (Surah Maryam), Quran 37:118 (Surah As-Saaffaat), and Quran 37:71 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 23:42 reads: “Then We produced after them other generations.” 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 43:56 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:56 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “And We made them a precedent and an example for the later peoples.”

Which surah is verse 43:56 in?

Quran 43:56 is āyah 56 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 43:56?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:56 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.