Which Surah and Juz is Quran 19:37 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 19:37?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 19:37?

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

What topics does Quran 19:37 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Al-Azim, Prophet Isa, Disbelief, Warning to Disbelievers.

Ayah 36

وَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ ۚ ...

19:37Maryam

Q: What does Quran 19:37 mean?

Quran 19:37 (Surah Maryam, Ayah 37) translates to: "Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day."

Ayah 38

أَسْمِعْ بِهِمْ وَأَبْصِرْ يَوْمَ يَأْتُونَنَا ۖ ل...

فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِن مَّشْهَدِ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

Fakhtalafal ahzaabu mim bainihim fawailul lillazeena kafaroo mim mashhadi Yawmin 'azeem

Then the factions differed [concerning Jesus] from among them, so woe to those who disbelieved - from the scene of a tremendous Day.

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But the factions differed among themselves that is to say the Christians they differed regarding Jesus was he the son of God? A god alongside Him? Or was he the third of three gods? So woe — meaning severe punishment will be meted out — to those who disbelieve those who disbelieve in the way mentioned and in other ways at the scene of an awful Day that is to say woe to them when they are present at the Day of Resurrection and witnessing its terrors.

A group would secede itself (from the Ummah) when there would be dissension among the Muslims. Out of the two groups who would be nearer the truth would kill them.

Sunan Abu Dawud #4669Abu Sa’id reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying:Sahih

In the event of the dissension among Muslims an emerging sect will emerge ; one of the two parties that is nearer to the truth will kill it.

Sahih Muslim #5998Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

A person from amongst the Muslims and a person from amongst the Jews fell into dispute and reviled each other. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Sunan Abu Dawud #3435This tradition has also been narrated by 'Umar from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators. It mentions only the sale of the slave. It has also been transmitted by Nafi' on the authority of Ibn 'Umar from the Prophet (ﷺ) indicating only the sale of palm-trees. Abu Dawud said:Sahih

Al-Zuhri and Nafi' differed among themselves in four traditions. This is one of them.

Sahih Muslim #2343Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

There would be two groups in my Ummah, and there would emerge another group (seceding itself from both of them), and the party nearer to the truth among the two would kill them (the group of the Khawarij).