Which Surah and Juz is Quran 28:85 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Qasas (The Stories), the 28th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 20.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 28:85?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 28:85?

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

What topics does Quran 28:85 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Aad, Prophethood, Divine Revelation, Day of Judgment, Knowledge.

Ayah 84

مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْحَسَنَةِ فَلَهُۥ خَيْرٌۭ مِّنْهَا ۖ...

28:85Al-Qasas

Q: What does Quran 28:85 mean?

Quran 28:85 (Surah Al-Qasas, Ayah 85) translates to: "Indeed, [O Muhammad], He who imposed upon you the Qur'an will take you back to a place of return. Say, "My Lord is most knowing of who brings guidance and who is in clear error.""

Ayah 86

وَمَا كُنتَ تَرْجُوٓا۟ أَن يُلْقَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ ٱلْك...

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِى فَرَضَ عَلَيْكَ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لَرَآدُّكَ إِلَىٰ مَعَادٍۢ ۚ قُل رَّبِّىٓ أَعْلَمُ مَن جَآءَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَمَنْ هُوَ فِى ضَلَٰلٍۢ مُّبِينٍۢ

Innal azee farada 'alaikal Qur-aana laraaadduka ilaa ma'aad; qur Rabbeee a'lamu man jjaaa'a bil hudaa wa man huwa fee dalaalim mubeen

Indeed, [O Muhammad], He who imposed upon you the Qur'an will take you back to a place of return. Say, "My Lord is most knowing of who brings guidance and who is in clear error."

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28:85Ayah 188

16 ayahs in Al-Qasas are strongly about the Quran and revelation. This is one of them.

← Previous on The Quran & revelation28:59And never would your Lord have destroyed the cities until He had sent to their mother a messenger reciting to them Our verses.Next on The Quran & revelation →28:86And you were not expecting that the Book would be conveyed to you, but [it is] a mercy from your Lord. So do not be an assistant to the disbelievers.

Tafsir

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Indeed He Who has prescribed for you the Qur’ān He Who has revealed it will surely restore you to a place of return to Mecca — he had yearned for it. Say ‘My Lord knows best him who brings guidance and him who is in manifest error’ — this was revealed in order to refute what the Meccan disbelievers had said to him ‘Indeed you are error’. In other words God is saying that he the Prophet is the one who has brought guidance while they are the ones in error.

Qur'an 28.85'...will bring you home' means to Mecca.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2995Narrated Jubair bin Nufair:Da'if

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "You shall not return to Allah with what is more virtuous than what came from Him." Meaning the Qur'an.

Sunan Abu Dawud #829‘Imran b. Husain reported that the prophet of Allah (ﷺ) led them in the noon prayer. When he finished it, he said:Sahih

Which of you did recite the surah “ Glorify the name of thy lord, the Most High”(Surah lxxxvii.) A man said: I . He said: I knew that some one of you confused me in it(i.e in the recitation of the Qur’an).

Sahih Muslim #1736Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

Keep refreshing your knowledge of the Qur'an, for I swear by Him in Whose Hand is the life of Mahammad that it is more liable to escape than camels which are hobbled.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2717Narrated Anas bin Malik:Sahih

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever goes out seeking knowledge, then he is in Allah's cause until he returns."