Which Surah and Juz is Quran 20:58 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 20:58?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan an-Nasa'i.

What tafsir is available for Quran 20:58?

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

What topics does Quran 20:58 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophethood, Miracles, Magic and Sorcery, Pharaoh, Divine Signs.

Ayah 57

قَالَ أَجِئْتَنَا لِتُخْرِجَنَا مِنْ أَرْضِنَا بِس...

20:58Taa-Haa

Q: What does Quran 20:58 mean?

Quran 20:58 (Surah Taa-Haa, Ayah 58) translates to: "Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned.""

Ayah 59

قَالَ مَوْعِدُكُمْ يَوْمُ ٱلزِّينَةِ وَأَن يُحْشَر...

فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّكَ بِسِحْرٍۢ مِّثْلِهِۦ فَٱجْعَلْ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَكَ مَوْعِدًۭا لَّا نُخْلِفُهُۥ نَحْنُ وَلَآ أَنتَ مَكَانًۭا سُوًۭى

Falanaatiyannaka bisihrim mislihee faj'al bainanaa wa bainaka maw'idal laa nukhlifuhoo nahnu wa laaa anta makaanan suwaa

Then we will surely bring you magic like it, so make between us and you an appointment, which we will not fail to keep and neither will you, in a place assigned."

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4 ayahs in Taa-Haa are strongly about justice and honesty. This is one of them.

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Tafsir

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Yet We too shall produce for you a sorcery like it one which will counter it. So fix a tryst between us and you for that purpose a tryst which neither we nor you shall fail to keep at a place makānan is in the accusative because the genitive-operator preposition fī ‘at’ has been removed of equal distance read siwān or suwān in other words in the middle equidistant for a person coming from either side.

God willing, we will get down tomorrow, at Khaif of Banu Kinanah, the place where they had taken an oath on unbelief.

Sahih Muslim #5847Jabir b. Samura reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

Behold, I shall be present ahead of you on the Cistern, and the distance between its different sides would be like that between Sana' and Aila, and its jugs would be like stars in the sky.

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4488It was narrated from Yazid bin 'Abdullah, from 'Abdullah bin dinar, from ibn 'Umar that he heard the Messenger of Allah say:Hasan

"When two people meet to engage in trade the transaction between them is not binding until they separate, unless they have chosen to conclude the transaction."

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4486It was narrated from Ibn Al-Had, from 'Abdullah bin Dinar, from 'Abdullah bin 'Umar, that he heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say:Hasan

"When two people meet to engage in trade, the transaction between them is not binding until they separate, unless they have chosen to conclude the transaction."