Which Surah and Juz is Quran 27:56 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Naml (The Ant), the 27th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 20.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 27:56?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 27:56?

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

Ayah 55

أَئِنَّكُمْ لَتَأْتُونَ ٱلرِّجَالَ شَهْوَةًۭ مِّن ...

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Q: What does Quran 27:56 mean?

Quran 27:56 (Surah An-Naml, Ayah 56) translates to: "But the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure.""

Q: What topics does Quran 27:56 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophet Lut, Prophet Stories, Social Themes, Rejection of Prophets, Moral Corruption.

Ayah 57

فَأَنجَيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥٓ إِلَّا ٱمْرَأَتَهُۥ قَ...

۞ فَمَا كَانَ جَوَابَ قَوْمِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ أَخْرِجُوٓا۟ ءَالَ لُوطٍۢ مِّن قَرْيَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّهُمْ أُنَاسٌۭ يَتَطَهَّرُونَ

Fammaa kaana jawaaba qawmiheee illaaa an qaalooo akrijoon aalaa Lootim min qaryatikum innahum unaasuny yatatahharoon

But the answer of his people was not except that they said, "Expel the family of Lot from your city. Indeed, they are people who keep themselves pure."

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Lessons from past peoples

27:56Ayah 193

32 ayahs in An-Naml are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples27:55Do you indeed approach men with desire instead of women? Rather, you are a people behaving ignorantly."Next on Lessons from past peoples →27:57So We saved him and his family, except for his wife; We destined her to be of those who remained behind.

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But the only response of his people was that they said ‘Expel Lot’s family from your town. They are indeed a folk who prefer to remain pure!’ from coming unto the rears of men.

“The Quraish said: ‘We are the neighbors of the House and we do not leave the sanctuary.’ Allah said: ‘Then depart from the place whence all the people depart.’”

Sahih Muslim #3700Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported:Sahih

We were forbidden that a townsman should sell for a man of the desert, even if he is his brother or father.

Sahih Muslim #1851'Aisha reported:Sahih

The people (mostly) were workers and they had no servants. Ill-smell thus emitted out of them. It was said to them: Were you to take bath on Friday.

Sahih Muslim #3701Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) said:Sahih

We were forbidden that a townsman should sell for a man of the desert.