Which Surah and Juz is Quran 13:38 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ar-Ra'd (The Thunder), the 13th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 13.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 13:38?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 13:38?

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

What topics does Quran 13:38 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Allah, Prophethood, Divine Decree, Prophet Muhammad, Human Nature.

Ayah 37

وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَنزَلْنَٰهُ حُكْمًا عَرَبِيًّۭا ۚ وَل...

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Q: What does Quran 13:38 mean?

Quran 13:38 (Surah Ar-Ra'd, Ayah 38) translates to: "And We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allah. For every term is a decree."

Ayah 39

يَمْحُوا۟ ٱللَّهُ مَا يَشَآءُ وَيُثْبِتُ ۖ وَعِندَ...

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا رُسُلًۭا مِّن قَبْلِكَ وَجَعَلْنَا لَهُمْ أَزْوَٰجًۭا وَذُرِّيَّةًۭ ۚ وَمَا كَانَ لِرَسُولٍ أَن يَأْتِىَ بِـَٔايَةٍ إِلَّا بِإِذْنِ ٱللَّهِ ۗ لِكُلِّ أَجَلٍۢ كِتَابٌۭ

Wa laqad arsalnaa Rusulam min qablika wa ja'alnaa lahum azwaajanw wa zurriyyah; wa maa kaana lirasoolin ai yaatiya bi aayatin illaa bi iznil laah; likulli ajalin kitaab

And We have already sent messengers before you and assigned to them wives and descendants. And it was not for a messenger to come with a sign except by permission of Allah. For every term is a decree.

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Decree & what is written

13:38Ayah 143

5 ayahs in Ar-Ra'd are strongly about Allah’s decree. This is one of them.

← Previous on Decree & what is written13:11For each one are successive [angels] before and behind him who protect him by the decree of Allah. Indeed,Next on Decree & what is written →13:39Allah eliminates what He wills or confirms, and with Him is the Mother of the Book.

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And when they derided him for having many wives the following was revealed And indeed We sent messengers before you and We assigned to them wives and seed children — and you are like them; and it was not for any Messenger from among them that he should bring a sign save by God’s leave because they are servants enthralled by Him. For every term period there is a Book wherein is inscribed its delimitation.

the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) forbade celibacy. Zaid bin Akhzam added: “And Qatadah recited: 'And indeed We sent Messengers before you (O Muhammad (ﷺ)), and made for them wives and offspring.'”

Sahih Muslim #3292Salama b. al. Akwa' and Jabir b. Abdullah reported:Sahih

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) came to us and permitted us to contract temporary marriage.

Sunan Abu Dawud #2129Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:Da'if

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) commanded me to send a woman to her husband before he gave something to her. Abu Dawud said: The narrator Khaithamah did not hear (any tradition) from 'Aishah.

Sahih Muslim #3438Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported:Sahih

We used to practise 'azl during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). This (the news of this practise) reached Allah's Apostle (ﷺ), and he did not forbid us.