Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 80·Makkī

80

أَمْ أَنَّا لَا بَلَىٰ لَدَيْهِمْ ﴿٨٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers are with them recording.

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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 · 6 roots in 6 of 11 words

Recitation · 15 points across 5 rule families

  • Iẓhār shafawī4
  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Ghunnah1
  • Heavy rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 48 letters · āyah 80 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.

  • نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

    We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by…

  • أَمْ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ سُلْطَٰنًا فَهُوَ يَتَكَلَّمُ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يُشْرِكُونَ

    Or have We sent down to them an authority, and it speaks of what they were associating with Him?

  • أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

    Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

  • فَلَا يَحْزُنكَ قَوْلُهُمْ إِنَّا نَعْلَمُ مَا يُسِرُّونَ وَمَا يُعْلِنُونَ

    So let not their speech grieve you. Indeed, We know what they conceal and what they declare.

  • أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.

  • ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا

    Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

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.

  • At-Tawba 9:782 shared roots

    أَلَمْ يَعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَعْلَمُ سِرَّهُمْ وَنَجْوَىٰهُمْ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلَّٰمُ ٱلْغُيُوبِ

    س-ر-رن-ج-و

  • Taa-Haa 20:622 shared roots

    فَتَنَٰزَعُوٓا۟ أَمْرَهُم بَيْنَهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَىٰ

    س-ر-رن-ج-و

  • Yunus 10:1032 shared roots

    ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ كَذَٰلِكَ حَقًّا عَلَيْنَا نُنجِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

    ن-ج-ور-س-ل

  • Al-Anbiyaa 21:32 shared roots

    لَاهِيَةً قُلُوبُهُمْ وَأَسَرُّوا۟ ٱلنَّجْوَى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ هَلْ هَٰذَآ إِلَّا بَشَرٌ مِّثْلُكُمْ أَفَتَأْتُونَ ٱلسِّحْرَ وَأَنتُمْ تُبْصِرُونَ

    س-ر-رن-ج-و

  • Al-Israa 17:472 shared roots

    نَّحْنُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا يَسْتَمِعُونَ بِهِۦٓ إِذْ يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ وَإِذْ هُمْ نَجْوَىٰٓ إِذْ يَقُولُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ إِن تَتَّبِعُونَ إِلَّا رَجُلًا مَّسْحُورًا

    ن-ج-وس-م-ع

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:702 shared roots

    ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِٱلْكِتَٰبِ وَبِمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا بِهِۦ رُسُلَنَا فَسَوْفَ يَعْلَمُونَ

    ك-ت-بر-س-ل

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:80?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:80 include Quran 17:47 (Surah Al-Israa), Quran 30:35 (Surah Ar-Room), Quran 68:47 (Surah Al-Qalam), and Quran 36:76 (Surah Yaseen). For example, 17:47 reads: “We are most knowing of how they listen to it when they listen to you and [of] when they are in private conversation, when the wrongdoers say, "You follow not but a man affected by…” 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 43:80 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:80 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “Or do they think that We hear not their secrets and their private conversations? Yes, [We do], and Our messengers are with them recording.”

Which surah is verse 43:80 in?

Quran 43:80 is āyah 80 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 43:80?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:80 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.