What does Quran 26:35 mean?

Quran 26:35 (Surah Ash-Shu'araa, Ayah 35) translates to: "He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?""

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 26:35 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ash-Shu'araa (The Poets), the 26th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 19.

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Ibn Majah.

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

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Pharaoh, Magic and Sorcery, Prophet Musa, Divine Signs, Truth and Falsehood.

يُرِيدُ أَن يُخْرِجَكُم مِّنْ أَرْضِكُم بِسِحْرِهِۦ فَمَاذَا تَأْمُرُونَ

Yureedu ai yukhrijakum min ardikum bisihrihee famaazaa taamuroon

He wants to drive you out of your land by his magic, so what do you advise?"

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

2 other themes with weak connections

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Lessons from past peoples

26:35Ayah 1227

56 ayahs in Ash-Shu'araa are strongly about lessons from past peoples.

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who seeks to expel you from your land by his sorcery. So what do you advise?’

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