Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 57·Makkī

57

وَلَمَّا مَرْيَمَ إِذَا مِنْهُ ﴿٥٧﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.

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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 · 5 roots in 5 of 9 words

Recitation · 8 points across 5 rule families

  • Ghunnah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī3
  • Light rāʾ1
  • Qalqalah1
  • Ikhfāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 33 letters · 1 proper noun · āyah 57 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 19:27 · Maryamclose

    فَأَتَتْ بِهِۦ قَوْمَهَا تَحْمِلُهُۥ قَالُوا۟ يَٰمَرْيَمُ لَقَدْ جِئْتِ شَيْـًٔا فَرِيًّا

    Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.

  • Quran 4:156 · An-Nisaaclose

    وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَٰنًا عَظِيمًا

    And [We cursed them] for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander,

  • Quran 21:26 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    وَقَالُوا۟ ٱتَّخَذَ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ وَلَدًا سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ بَلْ عِبَادٌ مُّكْرَمُونَ

    And they say, "The Most Merciful has taken a son." Exalted is He! Rather, they are [but] honored servants.

  • Quran 19:34 · Maryamclose

    ذَٰلِكَ عِيسَى ٱبْنُ مَرْيَمَ قَوْلَ ٱلْحَقِّ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يَمْتَرُونَ

    That is Jesus, the son of Mary - the word of truth about which they are in dispute.

  • Quran 12:29 · Yusufclose

    يُوسُفُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَٰذَا وَٱسْتَغْفِرِى لِذَنۢبِكِ إِنَّكِ كُنتِ مِنَ ٱلْخَاطِـِٔينَ

    Joseph, ignore this. And, [my wife], ask forgiveness for your sin. Indeed, you were of the sinful."

  • Quran 83:30 · Al-Mutaffifinrelated

    وَإِذَا مَرُّوا۟ بِهِمْ يَتَغَامَزُونَ

    And when they passed by them, they would exchange derisive glances.

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.

  • An-Nahl 16:742 shared roots

    فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ض-ر-بم-ث-ل

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:432 shared roots

    وَتِلْكَ ٱلْأَمْثَٰلُ نَضْرِبُهَا لِلنَّاسِ وَمَا يَعْقِلُهَآ إِلَّا ٱلْعَٰلِمُونَ

    ض-ر-بم-ث-ل

  • At-Tahrim 66:114 shared roots

    وَضَرَبَ ٱللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ٱمْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَ إِذْ قَالَتْ رَبِّ ٱبْنِ لِى عِندَكَ بَيْتًا فِى ٱلْجَنَّةِ وَنَجِّنِى مِن فِرْعَوْنَ وَعَمَلِهِۦ وَنَجِّنِى مِنَ ٱلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

    ض-ر-بم-ث-لب-ن-يق-و-م

  • Az-Zumar 39:272 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا لِلنَّاسِ فِى هَٰذَا ٱلْقُرْءَانِ مِن كُلِّ مَثَلٍ لَّعَلَّهُمْ يَتَذَكَّرُونَ

    ض-ر-بم-ث-ل

  • An-Naml 27:432 shared roots

    وَصَدَّهَا مَا كَانَت تَّعْبُدُ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّهَا كَانَتْ مِن قَوْمٍ كَٰفِرِينَ

    ص-د-دق-و-م

  • Yaseen 36:132 shared roots

    وَٱضْرِبْ لَهُم مَّثَلًا أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ إِذْ جَآءَهَا ٱلْمُرْسَلُونَ

    ض-ر-بم-ث-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:57?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:57 include Quran 19:27 (Surah Maryam), Quran 4:156 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 21:26 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 19:34 (Surah Maryam). For example, 19:27 reads: “Then she brought him to her people, carrying him. They said, "O Mary, you have certainly done a thing unprecedented.” 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 43:57 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:57 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “And when the son of Mary was presented as an example, immediately your people laughed aloud.”

Which surah is verse 43:57 in?

Quran 43:57 is āyah 57 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 43:57?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:57 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.