Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 60·Makkī

60

وَلَوْ مِنكُم فِى ﴿٦٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.

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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 8 words

Recitation · 9 points across 5 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ2
  • Idghām shafawī1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Lām qamariyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

8 words · 35 letters · āyah 60 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 4:97 · An-Nisaaclose

    إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ قَالُوا۟ فِيمَ كُنتُمْ قَالُوا۟ كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ قَالُوٓا۟ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ أَرْضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةً فَتُهَاجِرُوا۟ فِيهَا فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ وَسَآءَتْ مَصِيرًا

    Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land."…

  • Quran 41:31 · Fussilatclose

    نَحْنُ أَوْلِيَآؤُكُمْ فِى ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنْيَا وَفِى ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِىٓ أَنفُسُكُمْ وَلَكُمْ فِيهَا مَا تَدَّعُونَ

    We [angels] were your allies in worldly life and [are so] in the Hereafter. And you will have therein whatever your souls desire, and you will have therein whatever you request…

  • Quran 7:11 · Al-A'raafclose

    وَلَقَدْ خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ صَوَّرْنَٰكُمْ ثُمَّ قُلْنَا لِلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةِ ٱسْجُدُوا۟ لِـَٔادَمَ فَسَجَدُوٓا۟ إِلَّآ إِبْلِيسَ لَمْ يَكُن مِّنَ ٱلسَّٰجِدِينَ

    And We have certainly created you, [O Mankind], and given you [human] form. Then We said to the angels, "Prostrate to Adam"; so they prostrated, except for Iblees. He was not of…

  • Quran 10:14 · Yunusclose

    ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَٰكُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لِنَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ

    Then We made you successors in the land after them so that We may observe how you will do.

  • Quran 17:95 · Al-Israaclose

    قُل لَّوْ كَانَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مَلَٰٓئِكَةٌ يَمْشُونَ مُطْمَئِنِّينَ لَنَزَّلْنَا عَلَيْهِم مِّنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَلَكًا رَّسُولًا

    Say, "If there were upon the earth angels walking securely, We would have sent down to them from the heaven an angel [as a] messenger."

  • Quran 43:45 · Az-Zukhrufclose

    وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةً يُعْبَدُونَ

    And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

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.

  • Yunus 10:143 shared roots

    ثُمَّ جَعَلْنَٰكُمْ خَلَٰٓئِفَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِمْ لِنَنظُرَ كَيْفَ تَعْمَلُونَ

    خ-ل-فج-ع-لأ-ر-ض

  • Al-Burooj 85:93 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِى لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ شَهِيدٌ

    م-ل-كأ-ر-ضش-ي-أ

  • Al-Maaida 5:1203 shared roots

    لِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَمَا فِيهِنَّ وَهُوَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌۢ

    م-ل-كأ-ر-ضش-ي-أ

  • Aal-i-Imraan 3:1893 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

    م-ل-كأ-ر-ضش-ي-أ

  • Fussilat 41:143 shared roots

    إِذْ جَآءَتْهُمُ ٱلرُّسُلُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِمْ أَلَّا تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا ٱللَّهَ قَالُوا۟ لَوْ شَآءَ رَبُّنَا لَأَنزَلَ مَلَٰٓئِكَةً فَإِنَّا بِمَآ أُرْسِلْتُم بِهِۦ كَٰفِرُونَ

    خ-ل-فم-ل-كش-ي-أ

  • Al-Fath 48:143 shared roots

    وَلِلَّهِ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ يَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَشَآءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَآءُ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًا رَّحِيمًا

    م-ل-كأ-ر-ضش-ي-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:60?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:60 include Quran 4:97 (Surah An-Nisaa), Quran 41:31 (Surah Fussilat), Quran 7:11 (Surah Al-A'raaf), and Quran 10:14 (Surah Yunus). For example, 4:97 reads: “Indeed, those whom the angels take [in death] while wronging themselves - [the angels] will say, "In what [condition] were you?" They will say, "We were oppressed in the land."…” 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 43:60 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:60 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “And if We willed, We could have made [instead] of you angels succeeding [one another] on the earth.”

Which surah is verse 43:60 in?

Quran 43:60 is āyah 60 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 43:60?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:60 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.