Which Surah and Juz is Quran 25:16 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Furqaan (The Criterion), the 25th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 18.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 25:16?

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 25:16?

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

What topics does Quran 25:16 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Paradise, Eternal Abode, Divine Promise, Hellfire, Divine Justice.

Ayah 15

قُلْ أَذَٰلِكَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ جَنَّةُ ٱلْخُلْدِ ٱلَّت...

25:16Al-Furqaan

Q: What does Quran 25:16 mean?

Quran 25:16 (Surah Al-Furqaan, Ayah 16) translates to: "For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested."

Ayah 17

وَيَوْمَ يَحْشُرُهُمْ وَمَا يَعْبُدُونَ مِن دُونِ ...

لَّهُمْ فِيهَا مَا يَشَآءُونَ خَٰلِدِينَ ۚ كَانَ عَلَىٰ رَبِّكَ وَعْدًۭا مَّسْـُٔولًۭا

Lahum feehaa maa yashaaa'oona khaalideen; kaana 'alaa Rabbika wa'dam mas'oolaa

For them therein is whatever they wish, [while] abiding eternally. It is ever upon your Lord a promise [worthy to be] requested.

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25:16Ayah 177

14 ayahs in Al-Furqaan are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.

← Previous on Paradise & Hell25:15Say, "Is that better or the Garden of Eternity which is promised to the righteous? It will be for them a reward and destination.Next on Paradise & Hell →25:24The companions of Paradise, that Day, are [in] a better settlement and better resting place.

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In it they shall have what they wish abiding therein — an irrevocable state — it the promise to them of what is mentioned is a promise binding on your Lord a promise much besought requested by those who have been promised it as is clear from the following Our Lord grant us what You have promised us through Your messengers Q. 3194 or requested on their behalf by the angels who say Our Lord and admit them into the Gardens of Eden which You have promised them Q. 408.

This is what Abu Huraira transmitted to us from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), and he narrated many of them;- one of them was: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: The lowest in rank among you in Paradise would be asked: Desire (whatever you like). And he would express his desire and again and again express a desire. tHe would be asked: Have you expressed your desire? He would say: Yes. Then He (Allah) would say: For thee is (granted) what thou desirest, and the like of it along with it.

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