Which Surah and Juz is Quran 27:89 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 27:89?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 27:89?

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

Ayah 88

وَتَرَى ٱلْجِبَالَ تَحْسَبُهَا جَامِدَةًۭ وَهِىَ ت...

27:89An-Naml

Q: What does Quran 27:89 mean?

Quran 27:89 (Surah An-Naml, Ayah 89) translates to: "Whoever comes [at Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it, and they, from the terror of that Day, will be safe."

Q: What topics does Quran 27:89 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Reward for Good Deeds, Day of Judgment, Divine Justice, Intention and Deeds, Accountability.

Ayah 90

وَمَن جَآءَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ فَكُبَّتْ وُجُوهُهُمْ ف...

مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْهَا وَهُم مِّن فَزَعٍۢ يَوْمَئِذٍ ءَامِنُونَ

Man jaaa'a bilhasanati falahoo khairum minhaa wa hum min faza'iny Yawma'izin aaminoon

Whoever comes [at Judgement] with a good deed will have better than it, and they, from the terror of that Day, will be safe.

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27:89Ayah 193

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

← Previous on Day of Judgment27:87And [warn of] the Day the Horn will be blown, and whoever is in the heavens and whoever is on the earth will be terrified except whom Allah wills.Next on Day of Judgment →27:90And whoever comes with an evil deed - their faces will be overturned into the Fire, [and it will be said], "Are you recompensed except for what you used to do?"

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Whoever brings a good deed namely the profession of ‘there is no god but God’ on the Day of Resurrection shall have good shall have a reward for it because of it this khayrun is not the comparative ‘better’ since there is no deed better than a good deed. In another verse it is stated that he shall have tenfold the like of it Q. 6160; and they namely those who bring such good deeds shall be secure from the terror of that day min faza‘i yawmi’idhin if read as a genitive annexation; or min faza‘in yawma’idhin ‘from terror on that day’.

There will be great benefit in the forelock of the horses until the Day of judgment.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2998Narrated Abu Hurairah:Sahih

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The one who memorized the Qur'an shall come on the Day of Judgement and (the reward for reciting the Qur'an) says: 'O Lord! Decorate him." So he is donned with a crown of nobility. Then it says: "O Lord! Give him more!' So he is donned with a suit of nobility. Then it says: "O Lord! Be pleased with him.' So He is pleased with him and says: "Recite and rise up, and be increased in reward with every Ayah.'"

Sahih Muslim #4714The same tradition has been narrated on the authority of Urwat al-Bariqi who said that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:Sahih

Great good is attached to the forelock of the horses until the Day of Judgment.

Sunan Ibn Majah #2523It was narrated from ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Sahih

“There is goodness in the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection.”

Sunan an-Nasa'i #3581It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar that the Prophet said:Hasan

"There is goodness in the forelocks of horses until the Day of Resurrection."