Surah Al-An'am Ayat 43 (6:43 Quran) With Tafsir

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Surah Al-An’am Ayat 43 in Arabic Text

فَلَوۡلَآ إِذۡ جَآءَهُم بَأۡسُنَا تَضَرَّعُواْ وَلَٰكِن قَسَتۡ قُلُوبُهُمۡ وَزَيَّنَ لَهُمُ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنُ مَا كَانُواْ يَعۡمَلُونَ

Falaw laaa iz jaaa’ahum ba’sunaa tadarra’oo wa laakin qasat quloobuhum wa zaiyana lahumush Shaitaanu maa kaanoo ya’maloon

English Translation

Here you can read various translations of verse 43

Sahih International
Then why, when Our punishment came to them, did they not humble themselves? But their hearts became hardened, and Satan made attractive to them that which they were doing.

Yusuf Ali
When the suffering reached them from us, why then did they not learn humility? On the contrary their hearts became hardened, and Satan made their (sinful) acts seem alluring to them.

Abul Ala Maududi
But when misfortune befell them from Us why did they not humble themselves? Their hearts had hardened and Satan had made their deeds seem fair to them.

Muhsin Khan
When Our Torment reached them, why then did they not believe with humility? But their hearts became hardened, and Shaitan (Satan) made fair-seeming to them that which they used to do.

Pickthall
If only, when Our disaster came on them, they had been humble! But their hearts were hardened and the devil made all that they used to do seem fair unto them!

Dr. Ghali
If (only) as Our violence came to them, they had supplicated! But their hearts hardened and Ash-Shaytan (The all-vicious, i.e., the Devil) adorned to them whatever they were doing.

Abdel Haleem
If only they had learned humility when suffering came from Us! But no, their hearts became hard and Satan made their foul deeds alluring to them.

Muhammad Junagarhi
سو جب ان کو ہماری سزا پہنچی تھی تو انہوں نے عاجزی کیوں نہیں اختیار کی؟ لیکن ان کے قلوب سخت ہوگئے اور شیطان نے ان کے اعمال کو ان کے خیال میں آراستہ کردیا

Quran 6 Verse 43 Explanation

For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-An’am ayat 43, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.

Ala-Maududi

(6:43) But when misfortune befell them from Us why did they not humble themselves? Their hearts had hardened and Satan had made their deeds seem fair to them.

There is no commentary by Abul Maududi available for this verse.

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah Al-Anam verse 43 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Anam ayat 40 which provides the complete commentary from verse 40 through 45.

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