Which Surah and Juz is Quran 11:120 from?

This ayah is from Surah Hud (Hud), the 11th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 12.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 11:120?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 11:120?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Ibn Abbas, Al-Jalalayn — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 11:120 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophet Stories, Al-Haqq, Prophethood, Faith and Belief, Patience.

Ayah 119

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ رَبُّكَ ۚ وَلِذَٰلِكَ خَلَقَهُم...

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Q: What does Quran 11:120 mean?

Quran 11:120 (Surah Hud, Ayah 120) translates to: "And each [story] We relate to you from the news of the messengers is that by which We make firm your heart. And there has come to you, in this, the truth and an instruction and a reminder for the believers."

Ayah 121

وَقُل لِّلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ ٱعْمَلُوا۟ عَلَى...

وَكُلًّۭا نَّقُصُّ عَلَيْكَ مِنْ أَنۢبَآءِ ٱلرُّسُلِ مَا نُثَبِّتُ بِهِۦ فُؤَادَكَ ۚ وَجَآءَكَ فِى هَٰذِهِ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَوْعِظَةٌۭ وَذِكْرَىٰ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Wa kullan naqussu 'alaika min ambaaa'ir Rusuli maa nusabbitu bihee fu'aadak; wa jaaa'aka fee haazihil haqqu wa maw'izatunw wa zikraa lilmu' mineen

And each [story] We relate to you from the news of the messengers is that by which We make firm your heart. And there has come to you, in this, the truth and an instruction and a reminder for the believers.

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4 ayahs in Hud are strongly about the Prophet. This is one of them.

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And all that kullān is in the accusative because it is the direct object of naqussu ‘We relate’; and the nunation compensates for a missing genitive annexation that is all that is necessary We relate to you of the accounts of the messengers that mā substitutes for kullan ‘all that’ with which We might strengthen reassure your heart. And in these accounts or verses there has come to you the Truth and an admonition and a reminder to the believers they are specifically mentioned here because they are the ones to benefit from them through their belief in them in contrast to the case with the disbelievers.

Who would narrate to us (the ahadith pertaining to turmoil) and he reported a hadith similar to these ahadith.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #1436Sahih

(Another chain of narration) from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr, from the Prophet (ﷺ) with similar meaning.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #196Jabir narrated:Da'if

(Another chain for) a similar narration (as no. 195).

Sahih Muslim #3548Sahih

The story in the above hadith has likewise been narrated through another chain.

Sunan Abu Dawud #2061Hasan Sahih

The aforesaid tradition has also been narrated by Ibn Mas’ud through a different chain of narrators and to the same effect from the Prophet (ﷺ). This version has the words anshaz al-‘azma meaning which nourishes bones and makes them sturdy and vigorous.