# 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf, Verse 76

- **Surah:** 43. Surah Az-Zukhruf (Ornaments of gold) — سورة الزخرف
- **Verse:** 76 / 89 · **Juz:** 25 · **Mushaf page:** 494
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-az-zukhruf/verse-76

## Arabic

وَمَا ظَلَمْنَاهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُوا هُمُ الظَّالِم۪ينَ

## Transcription

Wama thalamnahumwalakin kanoo humu aththalimeen

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

We have not wronged them; it was they who were wrongdoers.

### Progressive Muslims

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

### Shabbir Ahmed

And it is not We Who wrong them, but it is they who used to hurt their own "Self" by doing wrong to others.

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

And We wronged them not, but they were the wrongdoers.

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

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

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

It is not us who wronged them; it is they who wronged their own souls.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

We did not wrong them, they wronged themselves.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

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

### Muhammad Asad

And it is not We who will be doing wrong unto them, but it is they who will have wronged them­selves.

### Marmaduke Pickthall

We wronged them not, but they it was who did the wrong.

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

It is not We Who wronged them; rather, it is they who wronged themselves.

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

We never acted unjustly or unfairly to them nor did We not observe the principles of justice and fair dealing. It was they who acted unjustly and unfairly to themselves and were wrongful of actions.

### Bijan Moeinian

I (God) was not unjust to them, they themselves were unjust.

### Al-Hilali & Khan

We wronged them not, but they were the Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers).

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Nowise shall We be unjust to them: but it is they who have been unjust themselves.

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

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

### Taqi Usmani

We did not do injustice to them, rather, they themselves were the unjust.

### Abdul Haleem

We never wronged them; they were the ones who did wrong.

### Arthur John Arberry

We never wronged them, but they themselves did the wrong.

### E. Henry Palmer

We have not wronged them, but it was themselves they wronged.

### Hamid S. Aziz

It is not We who are unjust to them, but it is they who were unjust to themselves.

### Mahmoud Ghali

And in no way did We do injustice to them, but it is they who were the unjust.

### George Sale

We deal not unjustly with them, but they deal unjustly with their own souls.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

In no way shall We (Allah) be unjust to them: But it is they who have been unjust to themselves.

### Amatul Rahman Omar

(By punishing them so) We did them no injustice, rather, it was they themselves who were the unjust and wrongdoers indeed.

### Ali Quli Qarai

We did not wrong them, but they themselves were wrongdoers.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

Biz onlara zulmetmedik. . . Ne var ki onlar nefslerine zulmedenlerdendi!

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Biz onlara zulmetmedik; ancak onların kendileri zalimlerdir.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Biz onlara zulmetmedik; onlar kendilerine zulmetmişlerdir.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Biz onlara zulmetmedik. Fakat onlar, kendileri zalim idiler.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Ve biz onlara zulmetmemişizdir ve lakin kendileri zalim idiler

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Biz onlara zulmetmemişizdir, fakat kendileri zalim idiler.

### Gültekin Onan

Biz onlara zulmetmedik; ancak onların kendileri zalimlerdir.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

Biz onlara zulmetmedik. Fakat onlar kendileri zaalimdiler.

### İbni Kesir

Biz onlara zulmetmedik, ama onlar zalimlerin kendileridir.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

Onlara haksızlık yapacak olan Biz değiliz, ama onlardır kendi kendilerine haksızlık yapanlar.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

Onlara biz zulmetmedik, fakat onlar kendi kendilerine zulmettiler.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Biz onlara zulmetmedik; fakat onlar kendileri zalim idiler.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Biz onlara zulmetmedik; onlar zalimlerin ta kendileriydi.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Ne ki, onlara haksızlık eden Biz değiliz, fakat asıl onlar kendi kendilerine haksızlık ediyorlar-

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Biz onlara haksızlık yapmadık. Fakat onlar kendi kendilerine haksızlık yaptılar.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Biz, onlara haksızlık etmedik. Tam tersine, onlar, kendilerine yazık ettiler.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Biz onlara yanlış yapmış olmayız; yanlışı yapanlar kendileridir.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Biz onlara haksızlık etmedik fakat kendileri haksızlık edenlerdi.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

Biz onlara haksızlık yapmadık. Fakat onlar kendi kendilerine haksızlık yaptılar.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

Biz onlara haksızlık yapmadık. Fakat onlar kendi kendilerine haksızlık yaptılar.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Biz onlara yanlış yapmadık; ama onlar yanlışlar içinde olan kimselerdi[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [Nisa 4/40,](https://quran.so/4/40) [Yunus 10/44,](https://quran.so/10/44) [Kehf 18/49,](https://quran.so/18/49) [Fussilet 41/46.](https://quran.so/41/46)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَمَا — wamā | And not | — |
| 2 | ظَلَمْنَـٰهُمْ — ẓalamnāhum | We wronged them | ظلم — Zay-Lam-Mim |
| 3 | وَلَـٰكِن — walākin | but | — |
| 4 | كَانُوا۟ — kānū | they were | كون — Kef-Vav-Nun |
| 5 | هُمُ — humu | themselves | — |
| 6 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ — l-ẓālimīna | wrongdoers | ظلم — Zay-Lam-Mim |

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