Which Surah and Juz is Quran 19:21 from?

This ayah is from Surah Maryam (Mary), the 19th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 16.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 19:21?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa'i.

What tafsir is available for Quran 19:21?

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

What topics does Quran 19:21 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Divine Signs, Divine Decree, Miraculous Birth, Prophet Jesus (Isa), Divine Will.

Ayah 20

قَالَتْ أَنَّىٰ يَكُونُ لِى غُلَٰمٌۭ وَلَمْ يَمْسَ...

19:21Maryam

Q: What does Quran 19:21 mean?

Quran 19:21 (Surah Maryam, Ayah 21) translates to: "He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.' ""

Ayah 22

۞ فَحَمَلَتْهُ فَٱنتَبَذَتْ بِهِۦ مَكَانًۭا قَصِيً...

قَالَ كَذَٰلِكِ قَالَ رَبُّكِ هُوَ عَلَىَّ هَيِّنٌۭ ۖ وَلِنَجْعَلَهُۥٓ ءَايَةًۭ لِّلنَّاسِ وَرَحْمَةًۭ مِّنَّا ۚ وَكَانَ أَمْرًۭا مَّقْضِيًّۭا

Qaala kazaaliki qaala Rabbuki huwa 'alaiya yaiyimunw wa linaj 'alahooo Aayatal linnaasi wa rahmatam minnaa; wa kaana amram maqdiyyaa

He said, "Thus [it will be]; your Lord says, 'It is easy for Me, and We will make him a sign to the people and a mercy from Us. And it is a matter [already] decreed.' "

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Mercy & forgiveness92 Decree & what is written82 Lessons from past peoples53

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19:21Ayah 198

8 ayahs in Maryam are strongly about mercy and forgiveness. This is one of them.

← Previous on Mercy & forgiveness19:18She said, "Indeed, I seek refuge in the Most Merciful from you, [so leave me], if you should be fearing of Allah."Next on Mercy & forgiveness →19:47[Abraham] said, "Peace will be upon you. I will ask forgiveness for you of my Lord. Indeed, He is ever gracious to me.

Tafsir

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He said ‘It the matter in question of creating a boy from you without a father shall be so! Your Lord has said “It is easy for Me in other words by Gabriel’s breathing into you by My command so that you become pregnant with him — since what has been mentioned is meant as a reason the following statement is added as a supplement thereto and so that We may make him a sign for mankind of Our power and a mercy from Us to whoever believes in him. And it the creation of him is a thing already decreed”’ according to My knowledge. So Gabriel breathed into the opening of her shirt whereupon she sensed the formed foetus in her womb.

"I said: 'O Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), is one's deed in that which has already dried of the Pen and what has passed of the Divine Decree, or is it in the future?' He said: 'No, it is in that which he already dried of the Pen and what has passed of the Divine Decree, and each person is facilitated for what he has been created.'"

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3195Narrated Ibn 'Umar:Sahih

that 'Umar bin Al-Khattab said: "When this Ayah was revealed: Some among them will be wretches and (others) blessed (11:105). I asked the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: 'O Prophet of Allah! Based upon what are we then working; something that has already finished or something that has not yet happened?' He said: 'Rather something that has happened, and the Pens have already passed over it O 'Umar! But for everyone, what he has been created for is made easy.'"

Sunan an-Nasa'i #604It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) used to pray in Al-Madinah combining two prayer. Joining Zuhr and 'Asr, and Maghrib and 'Isha', when there was no fear nor rain. It was said to him:Sahih

"Why?" He said: "So that there would not be any hardship on his Ummah."

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #283Tawus said:Sahih

"We asked Ibn Abbas about squatting (sitting) on the heels. He said: 'It is the Sunnah.' We said: 'We think that it is difficult for a man.' He said: 'Rather, it is Sunnah of your Prophet.'"