Surah Az-Zukhruf · Ayah 76·Makkī

76

وَمَا وَلَٰكِن هُمُ ﴿٧٦﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.

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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 · 2 roots in 3 of 6 words

Recitation · 11 points across 4 rule families

  • Madd ṭabīʿī7
  • Iẓhār shafawī2
  • Ikhfāʾ1
  • Lām shamsiyyah1

Commentary

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

Shape

6 words · 27 letters · āyah 76 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 7:5 · Al-A'raafvery close

    فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"

  • Quran 11:101 · Hudclose

    وَمَا ظَلَمْنَٰهُمْ وَلَٰكِن ظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَمَآ أَغْنَتْ عَنْهُمْ ءَالِهَتُهُمُ ٱلَّتِى يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ مِن شَىْءٍ لَّمَّا جَآءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَمَا زَادُوهُمْ غَيْرَ تَتْبِيبٍ

    And We did not wrong them, but they wronged themselves. And they were not availed at all by their gods which they invoked other than Allah when there came the command of your…

  • Quran 21:64 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    فَرَجَعُوٓا۟ إِلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ أَنتُمُ ٱلظَّٰلِمُونَ

    So they returned to [blaming] themselves and said [to each other], "Indeed, you are the wrongdoers."

  • Quran 5:79 · Al-Maaidaclose

    كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍ فَعَلُوهُ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

    They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.

  • Quran 34:17 · Sabaclose

    ذَٰلِكَ جَزَيْنَٰهُم بِمَا كَفَرُوا۟ وَهَلْ نُجَٰزِىٓ إِلَّا ٱلْكَفُورَ

    [By] that We repaid them because they disbelieved. And do We [thus] repay except the ungrateful?

  • Quran 42:41 · Ash-Shuraclose

    وَلَمَنِ ٱنتَصَرَ بَعْدَ ظُلْمِهِۦ فَأُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ مَا عَلَيْهِم مِّن سَبِيلٍ

    And whoever avenges himself after having been wronged - those have not upon them any cause [for blame].

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-Anbiyaa 21:142 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • Ash-Shu'araa 26:2092 shared roots

    ذِكْرَىٰ وَمَا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Hijr 15:782 shared roots

    وَإِن كَانَ أَصْحَٰبُ ٱلْأَيْكَةِ لَظَٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • Al-Qalam 68:292 shared roots

    قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • An-Najm 53:522 shared roots

    وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِّن قَبْلُ إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا۟ هُمْ أَظْلَمَ وَأَطْغَىٰ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

  • Al-A'raaf 7:52 shared roots

    فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    ظ-ل-مك-و-ن

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 43:76?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 43:76 include Quran 7:5 (Surah Al-A'raaf), Quran 11:101 (Surah Hud), Quran 21:64 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa), and Quran 5:79 (Surah Al-Maaida). For example, 7:5 reads: “And their declaration when Our punishment came to them was only that they said, "Indeed, we were wrongdoers!"” 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 43:76 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 43:76 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ornaments of gold) reads: “And We did not wrong them, but it was they who were the wrongdoers.”

Which surah is verse 43:76 in?

Quran 43:76 is āyah 76 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 43:76?

Tartīl presents Quran 43:76 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.