Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 58·Makkī

58

أَمْ هُوَ مَا لَكَ إِلَّا بَلْ هُمْ ﴿٥٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.

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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 · 7 roots in 7 of 14 words

Recitation · 15 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī8
  • Iẓhār3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Iẓhār shafawī2

Commentary

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

Shape

14 words · 48 letters · āyah 58 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.

  • أَمِ ٱتَّخَذُوا۟ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً قُلْ هَاتُوا۟ بُرْهَٰنَكُمْ هَٰذَا ذِكْرُ مَن مَّعِىَ وَذِكْرُ مَن قَبْلِى بَلْ أَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْحَقَّ فَهُم مُّعْرِضُونَ

    Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muhammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur'an] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me." But most of them…

  • أَفَمَن كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَن كَانَ فَاسِقًا لَّا يَسْتَوُۥنَ

    Then is one who was a believer like one who was defiantly disobedient? They are not equal.

  • تَٱللَّهِ إِن كُنَّا لَفِى ضَلَٰلٍ مُّبِينٍ

    "By Allah, we were indeed in manifest error

  • بَلْ عَجِبْتَ وَيَسْخَرُونَ

    But you wonder, while they mock,

  • عَنِ ٱلنَّبَإِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    About the great news -

  • وَإِذَا رَءَاكَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوٓا۟ إِن يَتَّخِذُونَكَ إِلَّا هُزُوًا أَهَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى يَذْكُرُ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَهُم بِذِكْرِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ هُمْ كَٰفِرُونَ

    And when those who disbelieve see you, [O Muhammad], they take you not except in ridicule, [saying], "Is this the one who insults your gods?" And they are, at the mention of the…

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.

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:962 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ وَهُمْ فِيهَا يَخْتَصِمُونَ

    خ-ص-مق-و-ل

  • Az-Zumar 39:312 shared roots

    ثُمَّ إِنَّكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ عِندَ رَبِّكُمْ تَخْتَصِمُونَ

    خ-ص-مق-و-م

  • Al-Hajj 22:683 shared roots

    وَإِن جَٰدَلُوكَ فَقُلِ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ

    ج-د-لق-و-لأ-ل-ه

  • Qaaf 50:282 shared roots

    قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ

    خ-ص-مق-و-ل

  • An-Nisaa 4:1093 shared roots

    هَٰٓأَنتُمْ هَٰٓؤُلَآءِ جَٰدَلْتُمْ عَنْهُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا فَمَن يُجَٰدِلُ ٱللَّهَ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ أَم مَّن يَكُونُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَكِيلًا

    ج-د-لق-و-مأ-ل-ه

  • An-Nahl 16:742 shared roots

    فَلَا تَضْرِبُوا۟ لِلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْثَالَ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ

    ض-ر-بأ-ل-ه

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:58?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:58 include Quran 21:24 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), Quran 32:18 (Surah As-Sajda), Quran 26:97 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), and Quran 37:12 (Surah As-Saaffaat). For example, 21:24 reads: “Or have they taken gods besides Him? Say, [O Muhammad], "Produce your proof. This [Qur'an] is the message for those with me and the message of those before me." But most 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 43:58 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:58 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “And they said, "Are your gods better, or is he?" They did not present the comparison except for [mere] argument. But, [in fact], they are a people prone to dispute.”

Which surah is verse 43:58 in?

Quran 43:58 is āyah 58 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 43:58?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:58 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.