Which Surah and Juz is Quran 21:1 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets), the 21th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 17.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 21:1?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 21:1?

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

What topics does Quran 21:1 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Warning, Accountability, Hereafter, Prophetic Warning.

21:1Al-Anbiyaa

Q: What does Quran 21:1 mean?

Quran 21:1 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 1) translates to: "[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away."

Ayah 2

مَا يَأْتِيهِم مِّن ذِكْرٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّهِم مُّحْدَ...

ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍۢ مُّعْرِضُونَ

Iqtaraba linnaasi hisaa buhum wa hum fee ghaflatim mu'ridoon

[The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

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2 ayahs in Al-Anbiyaa are strongly about Allah’s decree.

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Nigh has drawn for mankind the people of Mecca the deniers of the Resurrection their reckoning on the Day of Resurrection yet they are heedless of it disregardful of the preparation required for it by way of embracing faith.

Verily the people have begun to hasten in the matter in which they are required to observe respite. So if we had imposed this upon them, and he imposed it upon them.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2256'Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:Sahih

"In the end of time there will come a people young in years, foolish in minds, reciting the Qur'an which will not go beyond their throats, uttering sayings from the best of creatures, going through the religion as an arrow goes through the target."

Sunan Abu Dawud #4349A man from among the companions of the prophet (ﷺ) reported him as saying:Hasan Sahih

The people will not perish until their sins and faults become abundant, and there remains no excuse for them.

Sunan Ibn Majah #3789It was narrated from Abu Hurairah in a Marfu’ report (meaning, attributed to the Prophet (ﷺ)):Sahih

“Time will pass quickly, knowledge will decrease, miserliness will be cast into people’s hearts, tribulations will appear and there will be much Harj.” They said: “O Messenger of Allah, what is Harj?” He said: “Killing.”