Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 71 (43:71)

ٱلزُّخْرُف

يُطَافُ عَلَيْهِم بِصِحَافٍ مِّن ذَهَبٍ وَأَكْوَابٍ ۖ وَفِيهَا مَا تَشْتَهِيهِ ٱلْأَنفُسُ وَتَلَذُّ …

Quran 43:71 is ayah 71 of Surah Az-Zukhruf (“The Ornaments of Gold”), a Meccan surah of 89 ayahs. It is in Juz 25, on page 494 of the Madani Mushaf.

43:71
يُطَافُعَلَيْهِمبِصِحَافٍمِّنذَهَبٍوَأَكْوَابٍ ۖوَفِيهَامَاتَشْتَهِيهِٱلْأَنفُسُوَتَلَذُّٱلْأَعْيُنُ ۖوَأَنتُمْفِيهَاخَٰلِدُونَ٧١
yuṭāfu ʿalayhim biṣiḥāfin min dhahabin wa-akwābin wafīhā mā tashtahīhi l-anfusu wataladhu l-aʿyunu wa-antum fīhā khālidūna

Circulated among them will be plates and vessels of gold. And therein is whatever the souls desire and [what] delights the eyes, and you will abide therein eternally.(71)

Word by word

  1. يُطَافُyuṭāfuWill be circulated
  2. عَلَيْهِمʿalayhimfor them
  3. بِصِحَافٍbiṣiḥāfinplates
  4. مِّنminof
  5. ذَهَبٍdhahabingold
  6. وَأَكْوَابٍ ۖwa-akwābinand cups
  7. وَفِيهَاwafīhāAnd therein
  8. مَاmā(is) what
  9. تَشْتَهِيهِtashtahīhidesires
  10. ٱلْأَنفُسُl-anfusuthe souls
  11. وَتَلَذُّwataladhuand delights
  12. ٱلْأَعْيُنُ ۖl-aʿyunuthe eyes
  13. وَأَنتُمْwa-antumand you
  14. فِيهَاfīhātherein
  15. خَٰلِدُونَkhālidūnawill abide forever

Tafsir (commentary) of 43:71

Available in English, Bengali, Urdu, Arabic, Russian.

English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

This commentary explains ayahs 43:66–73 together.

Read the English tafsir of 43:66–73 →

Read the full Surah Az-Zukhruf