Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 78·Makkī

78

لَقَدْ وَلَٰكِنَّ ﴿٧٨﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.

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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 5 of 7 words

Recitation · 11 points across 6 rule families

  • Qalqalah1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4
  • Ikhfāʾ shafawī2
  • Lām qamariyyah1
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2

Commentary

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

Shape

7 words · 32 letters · āyah 78 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 15:64 · Al-Hijrclose

    وَأَتَيْنَٰكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّا لَصَٰدِقُونَ

    And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.

  • Quran 69:50 · Al-Haaqqaclose

    وَإِنَّهُۥ لَحَسْرَةٌ عَلَى ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

    And indeed, it will be [a cause of] regret upon the disbelievers.

  • Quran 21:55 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    قَالُوٓا۟ أَجِئْتَنَا بِٱلْحَقِّ أَمْ أَنتَ مِنَ ٱللَّٰعِبِينَ

    They said, "Have you come to us with truth, or are you of those who jest?"

  • Quran 6:5 · Al-An'aamclose

    فَقَدْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْحَقِّ لَمَّا جَآءَهُمْ فَسَوْفَ يَأْتِيهِمْ أَنۢبَٰٓؤُا۟ مَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

    For they had denied the truth when it came to them, but there is going to reach them the news of what they used to ridicule.

  • Quran 34:32 · Sabaclose

    قَالَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ لِلَّذِينَ ٱسْتُضْعِفُوٓا۟ أَنَحْنُ صَدَدْنَٰكُمْ عَنِ ٱلْهُدَىٰ بَعْدَ إِذْ جَآءَكُم بَلْ كُنتُم مُّجْرِمِينَ

    Those who were arrogant will say to those who were oppressed, "Did we avert you from guidance after it had come to you? Rather, you were criminals."

  • Quran 8:5 · Al-Anfaalclose

    كَمَآ أَخْرَجَكَ رَبُّكَ مِنۢ بَيْتِكَ بِٱلْحَقِّ وَإِنَّ فَرِيقًا مِّنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ لَكَٰرِهُونَ

    [It is] just as when your Lord brought you out of your home [for the battle of Badr] in truth, while indeed, a party among the believers were unwilling,

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-Muminoon 23:704 shared roots

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۢ بَلْ جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لِلْحَقِّ كَٰرِهُونَ

    ك-ر-هك-ث-رج-ي-أح-ق-ق

  • Yaseen 36:72 shared roots

    لَقَدْ حَقَّ ٱلْقَوْلُ عَلَىٰٓ أَكْثَرِهِمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ

    ك-ث-رح-ق-ق

  • Yunus 10:822 shared roots

    وَيُحِقُّ ٱللَّهُ ٱلْحَقَّ بِكَلِمَٰتِهِۦ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    ك-ر-هح-ق-ق

  • Al-Anfaal 8:82 shared roots

    لِيُحِقَّ ٱلْحَقَّ وَيُبْطِلَ ٱلْبَٰطِلَ وَلَوْ كَرِهَ ٱلْمُجْرِمُونَ

    ك-ر-هح-ق-ق

  • At-Tawba 9:483 shared roots

    لَقَدِ ٱبْتَغَوُا۟ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ مِن قَبْلُ وَقَلَّبُوا۟ لَكَ ٱلْأُمُورَ حَتَّىٰ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَظَهَرَ أَمْرُ ٱللَّهِ وَهُمْ كَٰرِهُونَ

    ك-ر-هج-ي-أح-ق-ق

  • Ad-Dukhaan 44:392 shared roots

    مَا خَلَقْنَٰهُمَآ إِلَّا بِٱلْحَقِّ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَهُمْ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ث-رح-ق-ق

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:78?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:78 include Quran 15:64 (Surah Al-Hijr), Quran 69:50 (Surah Al-Haaqqa), Quran 21:55 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 6:5 (Surah Al-An'aam). For example, 15:64 reads: “And we have come to you with truth, and indeed, we are truthful.” 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 43:78 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:78 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “We had certainly brought you the truth, but most of you, to the truth, were averse.”

Which surah is verse 43:78 in?

Quran 43:78 is āyah 78 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 43:78?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:78 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.