What does Quran 19:72 mean?

Quran 19:72 (Surah Maryam, Ayah 72) translates to: "Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees."

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 19:72 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 19:72?

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah.

What tafsir is available for Quran 19:72?

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

Ayah 71

وَإِن مِّنكُمْ إِلَّا وَارِدُهَا ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَ...

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Q: What topics does Quran 19:72 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Hellfire, Divine Justice, Day of Judgment, Spiritual Purification, Intercession (Shafa'ah).

Ayah 73

وَإِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِمْ ءَايَٰتُنَا بَيِّنَٰتٍ...

ثُمَّ نُنَجِّى ٱلَّذِينَ ٱتَّقَوا۟ وَّنَذَرُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ فِيهَا جِثِيًّۭا

Summa nunajjil lazeenat taqaw wa nazaruz zaalimeena feehaa jisiyyaa

Then We will save those who feared Allah and leave the wrongdoers within it, on their knees.

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God-consciousness98 Paradise & Hell95 Day of Judgment73 Qualities of the believers65 Mercy & forgiveness60

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3 ayahs in Maryam are strongly about God-consciousness. This is one of them.

← Previous on God-consciousness19:63That is Paradise, which We give as inheritance to those of Our servants who were fearing of Allah.

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Then We will deliver read nunajjī or nunjī those who were wary of committing idolatry or disbelief We will deliver them from it and leave those who did wrong by way of idolatry and disbelief crouching therein on their knees.

“I hope that no one of those who witnessed (the battle of) Badr and (Treaty) Hudaybiyah will enter Hell, if Allah wills.” I said: “O Messenger of Allah, doesn’t Allah say “There is not one of you but will pass over it (Hell); this is with your Lord, a decree which must be accomplished?” He said: “Have you not heard that He says: ‘Then We shall save those who use to fear Allah and were dutiful to Him. And We shall leave the wrongdoers therein (humbled) to their knees (in Hell)?’”

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