Which Surah and Juz is Quran 21:103 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 21:103?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sahih al-Bukhari, Jami` at-Tirmidhi.

What tafsir is available for Quran 21:103?

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

What topics does Quran 21:103 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Story of Adam and Iblis, Hellfire, Idolatry, Divine Promise.

Ayah 102

لَا يَسْمَعُونَ حَسِيسَهَا ۖ وَهُمْ فِى مَا ٱشْتَه...

21:103Al-Anbiyaa

Q: What does Quran 21:103 mean?

Quran 21:103 (Surah Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 103) translates to: "They will not be grieved by the greatest terror, and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -"

Ayah 104

يَوْمَ نَطْوِى ٱلسَّمَآءَ كَطَىِّ ٱلسِّجِلِّ لِلْك...

لَا يَحْزُنُهُمُ ٱلْفَزَعُ ٱلْأَكْبَرُ وَتَتَلَقَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ هَٰذَا يَوْمُكُمُ ٱلَّذِى كُنتُمْ تُوعَدُونَ

Laa yahzunuhumul faza'ul akbaru wa tatalaq qaahumul malaaa'ikatu haazaa Yawmukumul lazee kuntum too'adoon

They will not be grieved by the greatest terror, and the angels will meet them, [saying], "This is your Day which you have been promised" -

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7 ayahs in Al-Anbiyaa are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

← Previous on Day of Judgment21:97And [when] the true promise has approached; then suddenly the eyes of those who disbelieved will be staring [in horror, while they say], "O woe to us;Next on Day of Judgment →21:104The Day when We will fold the heaven like the folding of a [written] sheet for the records. As We began the first creation, We will repeat it.

Tafsir

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The Supreme Terror — which is that a servant be ordered off to the Fire shall not grieve them and the angels shall receive them upon their exiting from their graves saying to them ‘This is your day the one which you were promised’ during the life of the world.

This is a gate opened in heaven today which had never been opened before. Then when an angel descended through it, he said: This is an angel who came down to the earth who had never come down before. He greeted and said: Rejoice in two lights given to you which have not been given to any prophet before you: Fatihat al-Kitab and the concluding verses of Surah al-Baqara. You will never recite a letter from them for which you will not be given (a reward).

Sahih Muslim #3228Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

There are at the approaches of Medina angels so that plague and the Dajjal shall not penetrate into it.

Sahih al-Bukhari #1812Narrated Abu Huraira:Sahih

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "There are angels guarding the entrances (or roads) of Medina, neither plague nor Ad-Dajjal will be able to enter it."

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #1076Abdullah bin Amr narrated that:Sahih

The Messenger of Allah said: "No Muslim dies on the day of Friday, nor the night of Friday, except that Allah protects him from the trials of the grave."

Sahih al-Bukhari #6865Narrated Anas bin Malik:Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Ad-Dajjal will come to Medina and find the angels guarding it. So Allah willing, neither Ad-Dajjal, nor plague will be able to come near it."