Which Surah and Juz is Quran 20:55 from?

This ayah is from Surah Taa-Haa (Taa-Haa), the 20th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 16.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 20:55?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan an-Nasa'i.

What tafsir is available for Quran 20:55?

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

What topics does Quran 20:55 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Death, Resurrection, Day of Judgment, Divine Power.

Ayah 54

كُلُوا۟ وَٱرْعَوْا۟ أَنْعَٰمَكُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰل...

20:55Taa-Haa

Q: What does Quran 20:55 mean?

Quran 20:55 (Surah Taa-Haa, Ayah 55) translates to: "From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time."

Ayah 56

وَلَقَدْ أَرَيْنَٰهُ ءَايَٰتِنَا كُلَّهَا فَكَذَّب...

۞ مِنْهَا خَلَقْنَٰكُمْ وَفِيهَا نُعِيدُكُمْ وَمِنْهَا نُخْرِجُكُمْ تَارَةً أُخْرَىٰ

Minhaa khalaqnaakum wa feehaa nu'eedukum wa minhaa nukhrijukum taaratan ukhraa

From the earth We created you, and into it We will return you, and from it We will extract you another time.

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20:55Ayah 1135

3 ayahs in Taa-Haa are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

← Previous on Signs in creation20:54Eat [therefrom] and pasture your livestock. Indeed, in that are signs for those of intelligence.

Tafsir

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From it that is from the earth We created you by creating your father Adam from it and into it We shall restore you when you are interred after death and from it We shall bring you forth at the Resurrection a second time’ in the same way that We brought you forth from it when We initiated your creation.

The earth would consume all of the son of Adam except his tailbone. From it he was created, and from it he will be recreated (on the Day of Resurrection).

Sunan Abu Dawud #4745Abu Hurairah reported the Apostle of AllSah(ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

Every son of Adam will be devoured by the earth with the exception of the tail-bone from which he was created and from which he will be reconstituted.

Sunan an-Nasa'i #2082It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'The Messenger of Allah said: 'The whole of the son of Adam will be consumed by the earth, except for the tailbone, from which he was created and from which he will be created anwe."'