Which Surah and Juz is Quran 24:24 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Noor (The Light), the 24th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 18.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 24:24?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 24:24?

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

What topics does Quran 24:24 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Sin, Accountability, Justice, Ethical Conduct.

Ayah 23

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يَرْمُونَ ٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتِ ٱلْغَٰفِل...

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Q: What does Quran 24:24 mean?

Quran 24:24 (Surah An-Noor, Ayah 24) translates to: "On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do."

Ayah 25

يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يُوَفِّيهِمُ ٱللَّهُ دِينَهُمُ ٱلْحَقَ...

يَوْمَ تَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَلْسِنَتُهُمْ وَأَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَ

Yawma tashhhadu 'alaihim alsinatuhum wa aideehim wa arjuluhum bimaa kaanoo ya'maloon

On a Day when their tongues, their hands and their feet will bear witness against them as to what they used to do.

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Day of Judgment

24:24Ayah 164

5 ayahs in An-Noor are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

Next on Day of Judgment →24:25That Day, Allah will pay them in full their deserved recompense, and they will know that it is Allah who is the perfect in justice.

Tafsir

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on the day yawma is in the accusative because of the implicit sense of ‘permanence’ to which lahum ‘for them’ is semantically connected when their tongues and their hands and their feet shall testify against them read feminine person tashhadu or masculine person yashhadu ‘testify’ concerning what they used to do in terms of speech and action — this day is the Day of Resurrection.

"The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) recited: That Day it will declare its information. And said: 'Do you know what its information is?' they said: 'Allah and His Messenger know best.' He said: 'Indeed its information is that it will testify against every servant, male and female, It will say that he did such and such, on such and such a day.' He said: 'With this it shall be ordered.'" This Hadith is Hasan Gharib.

Sahih Muslim #4405It is narrated on the authority of Abu Sa'id that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Sahih

On the Day of Judgment there will be a flag fixed behind the buttocks of every person guilty of the breach of faith.

Sahih Muslim #4403It has been narrated on the authority of Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Sahih

There will be for every perfidious person on the Day of Judgment a flag by which he will be recognised. It will be announced: Here is the breach of faith of so and so.

Sahih al-Bukhari #6292Narrated Ibn `Umar:Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) said (regarding the Verse), "A Day when all mankind will stand before the Lord of the Worlds,' (that day) they will stand, drowned in their sweat up to the middle of their ears."

Sunan Ibn Majah #4015It was narrated from Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Hasan

“The people will be presented (before Allah) three times on the Day of Resurrection. The first two times will be for disputes and excuses, and the third time will be when the scrolls (of deeds) fly into their hands; some will take it in the right hand and some in the left.”