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Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 17 (43:17)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

وَإِذَا بُشِّرَ أَحَدُهُم بِمَا ضَرَبَ لِلرَّحْمَٰنِ مَثَلًا ظَلَّ وَجْهُهُۥ مُسْوَدًّا وَهُوَ كَظِيمٌ

Quran 43:17 is ayah 17 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 490 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:17
وَإِذَابُشِّرَأَحَدُهُمبِمَاضَرَبَلِلرَّحْمَٰنِمَثَلًاظَلَّوَجْهُهُۥمُسْوَدًّاوَهُوَكَظِيمٌ١٧
wa-idhā bushira aḥaduhum bimā ḍaraba lilrraḥmāni mathalan ẓalla wajhuhu mus'waddan wahuwa kaẓīmun

And when one of them is given good tidings of that which he attributes to the Most Merciful in comparison [i.e., a daughter], his face becomes dark, and he suppresses grief.(17)

Word by word

  1. وَإِذَاwa-idhāAnd when
  2. بُشِّرَbushirais given good news
  3. أَحَدُهُمaḥaduhum(to) one of them
  4. بِمَاbimāof what
  5. ضَرَبَḍarabahe sets up
  6. لِلرَّحْمَٰنِlilrraḥmānifor the Most Gracious
  7. مَثَلًاmathalan(as) a likeness
  8. ظَلَّẓallabecomes
  9. وَجْهُهُۥwajhuhuhis face
  10. مُسْوَدًّاmus'waddandark
  11. وَهُوَwahuwaand he
  12. كَظِيمٌkaẓīmun(is) filled with grief

Tafsir (commentary) of 43:17

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