Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 40·Makkī

40

أَفَأَنتَ أَوْ وَمَن فِى ﴿٤٠﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muhammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?

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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 11 words

Recitation · 13 points across 5 rule families

  • Ikhfāʾ3
  • Lām shamsiyyah2
  • Ghunnah2
  • Madd ṭabīʿī5
  • Iẓhār shafawī1

Commentary

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

Shape

11 words · 39 letters · āyah 40 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 10:42 · Yunusvery close

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    And among them are those who listen to you. But can you cause the deaf to hear, although they will not use reason?

  • Quran 30:53 · Ar-Roomclose

    وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِ ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

    And you cannot guide the blind away from their error. You will only make hear those who believe in Our verses so they are Muslims [in submission to Allah].

  • Quran 21:45 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أُنذِرُكُم بِٱلْوَحْىِ وَلَا يَسْمَعُ ٱلصُّمُّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا مَا يُنذَرُونَ

    Say, "I only warn you by revelation." But the deaf do not hear the call when they are warned.

  • Quran 10:43 · Yunusclose

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَنظُرُ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تَهْدِى ٱلْعُمْىَ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ

    And among them are those who look at you. But can you guide the blind although they will not [attempt to] see?

  • Quran 30:52 · Ar-Roomclose

    فَإِنَّكَ لَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ وَلَا تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ ٱلدُّعَآءَ إِذَا وَلَّوْا۟ مُدْبِرِينَ

    So indeed, you will not make the dead hear, nor will you make the deaf hear the call when they turn their backs, retreating.

  • Quran 11:24 · Hudclose

    مَثَلُ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْأَصَمِّ وَٱلْبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    The example of the two parties is like the blind and deaf, and the seeing and hearing. Are they equal in comparison? Then, will you not remember?

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.

  • Ar-Room 30:534 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِ ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

    ع-م-يس-م-عض-ل-له-د-ي

  • An-Naml 27:814 shared roots

    وَمَآ أَنتَ بِهَٰدِى ٱلْعُمْىِ عَن ضَلَٰلَتِهِمْ إِن تُسْمِعُ إِلَّا مَن يُؤْمِنُ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا فَهُم مُّسْلِمُونَ

    ع-م-يس-م-عض-ل-له-د-ي

  • Muhammad 47:232 shared roots

    أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَصَمَّهُمْ وَأَعْمَىٰٓ أَبْصَٰرَهُمْ

    ص-م-مع-م-ي

  • Hud 11:243 shared roots

    مَثَلُ ٱلْفَرِيقَيْنِ كَٱلْأَعْمَىٰ وَٱلْأَصَمِّ وَٱلْبَصِيرِ وَٱلسَّمِيعِ هَلْ يَسْتَوِيَانِ مَثَلًا أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ

    ص-م-مع-م-يس-م-ع

  • Yunus 10:423 shared roots

    وَمِنْهُم مَّن يَسْتَمِعُونَ إِلَيْكَ أَفَأَنتَ تُسْمِعُ ٱلصُّمَّ وَلَوْ كَانُوا۟ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

    ص-م-مس-م-عك-و-ن

  • Al-Furqaan 25:732 shared roots

    وَٱلَّذِينَ إِذَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ لَمْ يَخِرُّوا۟ عَلَيْهَا صُمًّا وَعُمْيَانًا

    ص-م-مع-م-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:40?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:40 include Quran 10:42 (Surah Yunus), Quran 30:53 (Surah Ar-Room), Quran 21:45 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 10:43 (Surah Yunus). For example, 10:42 reads: “And among them are those who listen to you. But can you cause the deaf to hear, although they will not use reason?” 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 43:40 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:40 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “Then will you make the deaf hear, [O Muhammad], or guide the blind or he who is in clear error?”

Which surah is verse 43:40 in?

Quran 43:40 is āyah 40 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 43:40?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:40 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.