Surah Yaseen · Ayah 43·Makkī

43

وَإِن فَلَا لَهُمْ وَلَا هُمْ ﴿٤٣﴾

Translation

Saheeh International

And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they be saved

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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 4 of 9 words

Rarest here: ن-ق-ذ — 5× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 13 points across 6 rule families

  • Idghām (with ghunnah)2
  • Ghunnah1
  • Light rāʾ2
  • Qalqalah1
  • Iẓhār shafawī3
  • Madd ṭabīʿī4

Commentary

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

Shape

9 words · 33 letters · āyah 43 of 83

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 44:24 · Ad-Dukhaanclose

    وَٱتْرُكِ ٱلْبَحْرَ رَهْوًا إِنَّهُمْ جُندٌ مُّغْرَقُونَ

    And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."

  • Quran 11:37 · Hudclose

    وَٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا وَلَا تُخَٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ

    And construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration and do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are [to be] drowned."

  • Quran 52:46 · At-Turclose

    يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى عَنْهُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

    The Day their plan will not avail them at all, nor will they be helped.

  • Quran 23:77 · Al-Muminoonclose

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا فَتَحْنَا عَلَيْهِم بَابًا ذَا عَذَابٍ شَدِيدٍ إِذَا هُمْ فِيهِ مُبْلِسُونَ

    Until when We have opened before them a door of severe punishment, immediately they will be therein in despair.

  • Quran 4:66 · An-Nisaaclose

    وَلَوْ أَنَّا كَتَبْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ أَنِ ٱقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ أَوِ ٱخْرُجُوا۟ مِن دِيَٰرِكُم مَّا فَعَلُوهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ مِّنْهُمْ وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ فَعَلُوا۟ مَا يُوعَظُونَ بِهِۦ لَكَانَ خَيْرًا لَّهُمْ وَأَشَدَّ تَثْبِيتًا

    And if We had decreed upon them, "Kill yourselves" or "Leave your homes," they would not have done it, except for a few of them. But if they had done what they were instructed, it…

  • Quran 7:136 · Al-A'raafclose

    فَٱنتَقَمْنَا مِنْهُمْ فَأَغْرَقْنَٰهُمْ فِى ٱلْيَمِّ بِأَنَّهُمْ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَكَانُوا۟ عَنْهَا غَٰفِلِينَ

    So We took retribution from them, and We drowned them in the sea because they denied Our signs and were heedless of them.

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.

  • Yaseen 36:232 shared roots

    ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ

    ن-ق-ذش-ي-أ

  • Yaseen 36:232 shared roots

    ءَأَتَّخِذُ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ ءَالِهَةً إِن يُرِدْنِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنُ بِضُرٍّ لَّا تُغْنِ عَنِّى شَفَٰعَتُهُمْ شَيْـًٔا وَلَا يُنقِذُونِ

    ن-ق-ذش-ي-أ

  • Al-Hajj 22:732 shared roots

    يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلنَّاسُ ضُرِبَ مَثَلٌ فَٱسْتَمِعُوا۟ لَهُۥٓ إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ لَن يَخْلُقُوا۟ ذُبَابًا وَلَوِ ٱجْتَمَعُوا۟ لَهُۥ وَإِن يَسْلُبْهُمُ ٱلذُّبَابُ شَيْـًٔا لَّا يَسْتَنقِذُوهُ مِنْهُ ضَعُفَ ٱلطَّالِبُ وَٱلْمَطْلُوبُ

    ن-ق-ذش-ي-أ

  • Al-Kahf 18:712 shared roots

    فَٱنطَلَقَا حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَكِبَا فِى ٱلسَّفِينَةِ خَرَقَهَا قَالَ أَخَرَقْتَهَا لِتُغْرِقَ أَهْلَهَا لَقَدْ جِئْتَ شَيْـًٔا إِمْرًا

    غ-ر-قش-ي-أ

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 36:43?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 36:43 include Quran 44:24 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan), Quran 11:37 (Surah Hud), Quran 52:46 (Surah At-Tur), and Quran 23:77 (Surah Al-Muminoon). For example, 44:24 reads: “And leave the sea in stillness. Indeed, they are an army to be drowned."” 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 36:43 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 36:43 (Surah Yaseen, Yaseen) reads: “And if We should will, We could drown them; then no one responding to a cry would there be for them, nor would they be saved”

Which surah is verse 36:43 in?

Quran 36:43 is āyah 43 of Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), chapter 36 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 83 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 36:43?

Tartīl presents Quran 36:43 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.