Which Surah and Juz is Quran 29:53 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Ankaboot (The Spider), the 29th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 21.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 29:53?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 29:53?

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

Ayah 52

قُلْ كَفَىٰ بِٱللَّهِ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكُمْ شَهِيدً...

29:53Al-Ankaboot

Q: What does Quran 29:53 mean?

Quran 29:53 (Surah Al-Ankaboot, Ayah 53) translates to: "And they urge you to hasten the punishment. And if not for [the decree of] a specified term, punishment would have reached them. But it will surely come to them suddenly while they perceive not."

Q: What topics does Quran 29:53 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Divine Decree, Patience, Day of Judgment, Scripture & Wisdom, Historical Prophetic Events.

Ayah 54

يَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ وَإِنَّ جَهَنَّمَ ل...

وَيَسْتَعْجِلُونَكَ بِٱلْعَذَابِ ۚ وَلَوْلَآ أَجَلٌۭ مُّسَمًّۭى لَّجَآءَهُمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَيَأْتِيَنَّهُم بَغْتَةًۭ وَهُمْ لَا يَشْعُرُونَ

Wa yasta'jiloonaka bil'azaab; wa law laaa ajalum musammal lajaaa'ahumul 'zaab; wa la yaatiyannahum baghta tanw wa hum laa yash'uroon

And they urge you to hasten the punishment. And if not for [the decree of] a specified term, punishment would have reached them. But it will surely come to them suddenly while they perceive not.

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Decree & what is written

29:53Ayah 169

2 ayahs in Al-Ankaboot are strongly about Allah’s decree. This is one of them.

← Previous on Decree & what is written29:5Whoever should hope for the meeting with Allah - indeed, the term decreed by Allah is coming. And He is the Hearing, the Knowing.

Tafsir

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And they ask you to hasten the chastisement. Yet were it not for an appointed term for this chastisement the chastisement would have come upon them before long but it shall assuredly come upon them suddenly while they are unaware of the time of its coming.

Verily the people have begun to hasten in the matter in which they are required to observe respite. So if we had imposed this upon them, and he imposed it upon them.

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4895It was narrated form 'Amr bin Shu'ainb, from his father, from his grandfather, that the Prophet said:Sahih

"Pardon matters that may deserve a Hadd punishment before you bring it to my attention, for whatever is brought to my attention, the Hadd punishment becomes binding." (Saif)

Sunan Abu Dawud #3111Narrated Ubayd ibn Khalid as-Sulami,:Sahih

A man from the Companions of the Prophet (ﷺ), said: The narrator Sa'd ibn Ubaydah narrated sometimes from the Prophet (ﷺ) and sometimes as a statement of Ubayd (ibn Khalid): The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Sudden death is a wrathful catching.