Editing Az-Zukhruf (section)

{{Short description|43rd chapter of the Qur'an}}
{{infobox surah
| number         = 43
| number-3       = 043
| name           = Az-Zukhruf
| name-ar        = الزخرف
| name-en        = Ornaments of Gold
| prev_sura      = Quran 42
| next_sura      = Quran 44
| classification = Meccan
| othernames-ar  = <!-- alternate Arabic names -->
| othernames     =
| juz            = 25
| rukus          = 7
| verses         = 89
| words          = 939
| letters        = 3549
| muqattaat      =  	Ḥā Mīm حم 
| sajdahs        = <!-- only if applicable -->
| audio          = Chapter 43, Az-Zukhruf (Mujawwad) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3
}}
{{Quran}}
'''Az-Zukhruf'''<ref name = "Quran 4 U">{{cite web|url=http://www.quran4u.com/Tafsir%20Ibn%20Kathir/043%20Zukhruf.htm  |title=Tafsir Ibn Kathir (English): Surah Al Zukhruf |work=Quran 4 U|author= Ibn Kathir|author-link= Ibn Kathir|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>  ({{langx|ar|الزخرف}}, "Ornaments of Gold, Luxury") is the [[List of chapters in the Quran|43rd chapter]] (''[[surah]]''), of the [[Quran]], the central religious text of [[Islam]].  It contains 89 verses (''[[ayat]]'').

Named after the golden ornaments recognized in verse 35 and again in verse 53, this surah dates back to the Second [[Meccan surah|Meccan Period]] before the [[Prophet Muhammad]]’s migration to [[Medina]]. According to the [[Nöldeke Chronology]] of surahs, the Ornaments of Gold was the 61st surah revealed.<ref>Robinson, Neal. Discovering the Qur'an: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text. London: SCM Press LTD, 1996. Print. 77.</ref> The Standard Egyptian chronology, however, acknowledges this as the 63rd surah revealed.<ref>Robinson, Neal. Discovering the Qur'an: A Contemporary Approach to a Veiled Text. London: SCM Press LTD, 1996. Print. 73.</ref> Regardless of the exact position in which this surah was revealed, it is clear that the surah was revealed during the Second Meccan Period, a time in which Muhammad and his followers were increasingly subject to opposition from the [[Quraysh tribe]].

Consistent with all of the Surahs of the Quran, Ornaments of Gold begins with the ''[[Basmala|Bismillah]]'', or the standard verse ‘In the name of God, the Lord of Mercy, the Giver of Mercy.’<ref name=316MAS/>

Ornaments of Gold is a Surah that acts as a reminder to believers that the goodness of God cannot be found within wealth and material power. The surah rejects the claim of disbelievers that prophets, leaders and worthy figures should be marked by their riches and thereby empowers them to refrain from temptations, indulgences and distractions. The surah warns disbelievers who succumb to the “mere enjoyments of this life” (Q43:'''17''') <ref name=316MAS>[[Haleem, M.A.S. Abdel]]. The Qur'an (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005) 316</ref> of a terrible and tormented afterlife and it encourages believers to relish not in riches but in their faith and love of God. The surah also repeatedly addresses the fact that the angels are not God's daughters but his faithful servants (Q43:'''19''').<ref name=317MAS>Haleem, M.A.S. Abdel. The Qur'an (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005) 317.</ref> The possibility of Jesus being the literal son of God is also rejected within verses '''63-64'''.<ref name="Haleem, M.A.S. Abdel 2005">Haleem, M.A.S. Abdel. The Qur'an (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005) 319.</ref>