Which Surah and Juz is Quran 2:79 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Baqara (The Cow), the 2th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 1.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 2:79?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 2:79?

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

What topics does Quran 2:79 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Allah, Materialism, Sin, Accountability, People of the Book.

Ayah 78

وَمِنْهُمْ أُمِّيُّونَ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ ...

2:79Al-Baqara

Q: What does Quran 2:79 mean?

Quran 2:79 (Surah Al-Baqara, Ayah 79) translates to: "So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn."

Ayah 80

وَقَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامً...

فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ يَكْتُبُونَ ٱلْكِتَٰبَ بِأَيْدِيهِمْ ثُمَّ يَقُولُونَ هَٰذَا مِنْ عِندِ ٱللَّهِ لِيَشْتَرُوا۟ بِهِۦ ثَمَنًۭا قَلِيلًۭا ۖ فَوَيْلٌۭ لَّهُم مِّمَّا كَتَبَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَوَيْلٌۭ لَّهُم مِّمَّا يَكْسِبُونَ

Fawailul lillazeena yaktuboonal kitaaba bi aydddhim summa yaqooloona haazaa min 'indil laahi liyashtaroo bihee samanan qaleelan fawilul lahum mimaa katabat aydeehim wa wailul lahum mimmaa yaksiboon

So woe to those who write the "scripture" with their own hands, then say, "This is from Allah," in order to exchange it for a small price. Woe to them for what their hands have written and woe to them for what they earn.

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37 ayahs in Al-Baqara are strongly about the Quran and revelation.

← Previous on The Quran & revelation2:78And among them are unlettered ones who do not know the Scripture except in wishful thinking, but they are only assuming.Next on The Quran & revelation →2:85Then, you are those [same ones who are] killing one another and evicting a party of your people from their homes,

Tafsir

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So woe a severe chastisement to those who write the Scripture with their hands that is fabricating it themselves then say ‘This is from God’ that they may sell it for a small price of this world these are the Jews the ones that altered the description of the Prophet in the Torah as well as the ‘stoning’ verse and other details and rewrote them in a way different from that in which they were revealed. So woe to them for what their hands have written of fabrications and woe to them for their earnings by way of bribery rishan plural of rishwa.

‘Write from Baqiyyah what he transmits on authority of those who are well-known, and do not write from him what he transmits on authority of those who are not; do not write from Ismā’īl bin Ayyāsh what he transmits on authority of those who are well-known or otherwise ’.

Sahih Muslim #3883Rafi b. Khadij reported Allah'& Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

The price of a dog is evil, the earning of a prostitute is evil and the earning of a cupper is evil.

Sahih Muslim #3996Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) said he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

Swearing produces a ready sale for a commodity, but blots out the blessing.