Which Surah and Juz is Quran 19:31 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 19:31?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan an-Nasa'i, Jami` at-Tirmidhi.

What tafsir is available for Quran 19:31?

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

Ayah 30

قَالَ إِنِّى عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ ءَاتَىٰنِىَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ...

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Q: What does Quran 19:31 mean?

Quran 19:31 (Surah Maryam, Ayah 31) translates to: "And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I remain alive"

Q: What topics does Quran 19:31 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prayer, Divine Command, Obedience to Allah, Spiritual Purification, Patience.

Ayah 32

وَبَرًّۢا بِوَٰلِدَتِى وَلَمْ يَجْعَلْنِى جَبَّارً...

وَجَعَلَنِى مُبَارَكًا أَيْنَ مَا كُنتُ وَأَوْصَٰنِى بِٱلصَّلَوٰةِ وَٱلزَّكَوٰةِ مَا دُمْتُ حَيًّۭا

Wa ja'alanee mubaarakan aina maa kuntu wa awsaanee bis Salaati waz Zakaati maa dumtu haiyaa

And He has made me blessed wherever I am and has enjoined upon me prayer and zakah as long as I remain alive

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2 ayahs in Maryam are strongly about charity. This is one of them.

Next on Charity →19:55And he used to enjoin on his people prayer and zakah and was to his Lord pleasing.

Tafsir

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And He has made me blessed wherever I may be that is He has made me of great benefit to mankind — this is a foretelling of what had been preordained for him — and He has enjoined upon me prayer and alms-giving He has commanded me to do both of these as long as I remain alive;

The earth has been made for me purifying and as a mosque (place for prayer).

Sunan an-Nasa'i #738It was narrated that Jabir bin 'Abdullah said:Da'if

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The earth has been made for me a place of prostration and a means of purification, so wherever a man of my Ummah is when the time for prayer comes, let him pray.'"

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3690Abu Hurairah said:Hasan

“There is a supplication that I memorized from the Messenger of Allah which I do not leave off: ‘O Allah, make me revere gratitude to You, make me increase in remembrance to You, make me follow Your advice, and (make me) guard over that which you have commanded (Allāhummaj`alnī u`aẓẓimu shuraka wa ukthiru dhikraka wa attabi`u naṣīḥataka wa aḥfaẓu waṣīyatak).’”This Hadith is Gharib

Sahih Muslim #1569Abu Murra, the freed slave of Umm Hani, narrated on the authority of Abu Darda':Sahih

My Friend (ﷺ) instructed me in three (acts), and I would never abandon them as long as I live. (And these three things are): Three fasts during every month, the forenoon prayer, and this that I should not sleep till I have observed the Witr prayer.

Sahih Muslim #1550Jabir b. 'Abdullah reported:Sahih

The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) owed me a debt; he paid me back and made an addition (of this). I entered the mosque and he (the Holy Prophet) said to me: Observe two rak'ahs of prayer.