Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 66·Makkī

66

هَلْ إِلَّا أَن وَهُمْ لَا ﴿٦٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

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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 10 words

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Lām shamsiyyah1
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2

Commentary

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

Shape

10 words · 40 letters · āyah 66 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 47:18 · Muhammadvery close

    فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً فَقَدْ جَآءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمْ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرَىٰهُمْ

    Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then what good to them, when it has come, will…

  • Quran 26:202 · Ash-Shu'araaclose

    فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    And it will come to them suddenly while they perceive [it] not.

  • Quran 12:107 · Yusufclose

    أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَٰشِيَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    Then do they feel secure that there will not come to them an overwhelming [aspect] of the punishment of Allah or that the Hour will not come upon them suddenly while they do not…

  • Quran 10:102 · Yunusclose

    فَهَلْ يَنتَظِرُونَ إِلَّا مِثْلَ أَيَّامِ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِهِمْ قُلْ فَٱنتَظِرُوٓا۟ إِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُنتَظِرِينَ

    So do they wait except for like [what occurred in] the days of those who passed on before them? Say, "Then wait; indeed, I am with you among those who wait."

  • Quran 52:45 · At-Turclose

    فَذَرْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ يُلَٰقُوا۟ يَوْمَهُمُ ٱلَّذِى فِيهِ يُصْعَقُونَ

    So leave them until they meet their Day in which they will be struck insensible -

  • Quran 21:1 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ

    [The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

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 26:2023 shared roots

    فَيَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-رأ-ت-ي

  • Yusuf 12:1074 shared roots

    أَفَأَمِنُوٓا۟ أَن تَأْتِيَهُمْ غَٰشِيَةٌ مِّنْ عَذَابِ ٱللَّهِ أَوْ تَأْتِيَهُمُ ٱلسَّاعَةُ بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-رس-و-عأ-ت-ي

  • Muhammad 47:184 shared roots

    فَهَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم بَغْتَةً فَقَدْ جَآءَ أَشْرَاطُهَا فَأَنَّىٰ لَهُمْ إِذَا جَآءَتْهُمْ ذِكْرَىٰهُمْ

    ب-غ-تس-و-عن-ظ-رأ-ت-ي

  • Az-Zumar 39:553 shared roots

    وَٱتَّبِعُوٓا۟ أَحْسَنَ مَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْكُم مِّن رَّبِّكُم مِّن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَكُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ بَغْتَةً وَأَنتُمْ لَا تَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-رأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Ankaboot 29:533 shared roots

    وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌ مُّسَمًّى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةً وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

    ب-غ-تش-ع-رأ-ت-ي

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:403 shared roots

    بَلْ تَأْتِيهِم بَغْتَةً فَتَبْهَتُهُمْ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ رَدَّهَا وَلَا هُمْ يُنظَرُونَ

    ب-غ-تن-ظ-رأ-ت-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:66?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:66 include Quran 47:18 (Surah Muhammad), Quran 26:202 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa), Quran 12:107 (Surah Yusuf), and Quran 10:102 (Surah Yunus). For example, 47:18 reads: “Then do they await except that the Hour should come upon them unexpectedly? But already there have come [some of] its indications. Then what good to them, when it has come, will…” 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 43:66 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:66 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?”

Which surah is verse 43:66 in?

Quran 43:66 is āyah 66 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 43:66?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:66 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.