What does Quran 19:6 mean?

Quran 19:6 (Surah Maryam, Ayah 6) translates to: "Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You].""

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 19:6 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 19:6?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud, Sahih al-Bukhari.

What tafsir is available for Quran 19:6?

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

What topics does Quran 19:6 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophet Yaqub, Supplication, Prophet Zakariyya, Family, Prophetic Lineage.

Ayah 5

وَإِنِّى خِفْتُ ٱلْمَوَٰلِىَ مِن وَرَآءِى وَكَانَت...

19:6Maryam

Ayah 7

يَٰزَكَرِيَّآ إِنَّا نُبَشِّرُكَ بِغُلَٰمٍ ٱسْمُهُ...

يَرِثُنِى وَيَرِثُ مِنْ ءَالِ يَعْقُوبَ ۖ وَٱجْعَلْهُ رَبِّ رَضِيًّۭا

Yarisunee wa yarisu min aali Ya'qoob, waj'alhu Rabbi radiyya

Who will inherit me and inherit from the family of Jacob. And make him, my Lord, pleasing [to You]."

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Dua

19:6Ayah 198

3 ayahs in Maryam are strongly about dua. This is one of them.

← Previous on Dua19:5And indeed, I fear the successors after me, and my wife has been barren, so give me from Yourself an heir Next on Dua →19:10[Zechariah] said, "My Lord, make for me a sign." He said, "Your sign is that you will not speak to the people for three nights, [being] sound."

Tafsir

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who may inherit from me read yarithnī in apocopated form as a response to the imperative statement fa-hab lī ‘grant me’ or read yarithunī as an adjectival qualification of waliyyan ‘a successor’ and inherit also read in both ways mentioned from the House of Jacob my forefather inherit knowledge and prophethood and make him my Lord acceptable’ that is pleasing to you.

“I am the heir of the one who has no heir, and I will pay blood money on his behalf and inherit from him, and the maternal uncle is the heir of the one who has no heir; he pays the blood money on his behalf and inherits from him.'”

Sunan Abu Dawud #4675Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :Sahih

I shall be pre-eminent among the descendants of Adam, the first from whom the earth will be cleft open the first intercessor, and the first whose intercession will be accepted.

Sahih al-Bukhari #5462Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) came to me while I was ill. He performed ablution and threw the remaining water on me (or said, "Pour it on him) " When I came to my senses I said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! I have no son or father to be my heir, so how will be my inheritance?" Then the Verse of inheritance was revealed.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2181Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah(S.A.W) said:Sahih

"The one who inherits the Wala is the one who inherits the wealth."

Sunan an-Nasa'i #3729It was narrated from Zaid bin Thabit that the Messenger of Allah said:Sahih

"'Umra (a gift given for life) belongs to the heir."