Which Surah and Juz is Quran 3:171 from?

This ayah is from Surah Aal-i-Imraan (The Family of Imraan), the 3th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 4.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 3:171?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 3:171?

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

What topics does Quran 3:171 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Divine Favor, Allah, Justice, Divine Reward, Righteousness.

Ayah 170

فَرِحِينَ بِمَآ ءَاتَىٰهُمُ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ ...

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Q: What does Quran 3:171 mean?

Quran 3:171 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, Ayah 171) translates to: "They receive good tidings of favor from Allah and bounty and [of the fact] that Allah does not allow the reward of believers to be lost -"

Ayah 172

ٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِلَّهِ وَٱلرَّسُولِ مِنۢ ...

۞ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ بِنِعْمَةٍۢ مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَفَضْلٍۢ وَأَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُضِيعُ أَجْرَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

Yastabshiroona bini'matim minal laahi wa fad linw wa annal laaha laa yudee'u ajral mu'mineen

They receive good tidings of favor from Allah and bounty and [of the fact] that Allah does not allow the reward of believers to be lost -

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31 ayahs in Aal-i-Imraan are strongly about Paradise and Hell.

← Previous on Paradise & Hell3:170Rejoicing in what Allah has bestowed upon them of His bounty, and they receive good tidings about those [to be martyred] after them who have not yet joined…Next on Paradise & Hell →3:176And do not be grieved, [O Muhammad], by those who hasten into disbelief. Indeed, they will never harm Allah at all.

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Joyful in grace in the reward and bounty in addition to it from God and that read wa-anna as a supplement to ni‘matin or wa-inna to denote a new clause God does not let the wage of believers go to waste but rewards them.

"Glad tidings to whoever is guided to Islam, his livelihood was sufficient and he was satisfied."

Sahih Muslim #6556Abu Dharr reported:Sahih

It was said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ): What is your opinion about the person who has done good deeds and the people praise him? He said: It is glad tidings for a believer (which he has received in this mortal world).

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3999Zaid bin Arqam wrote to Anas bin Malik, comforting him over those of his family and children of his paternal uncle who suffered on the day of Al-Harrah. So he wrote to him:Sahih

"I give you glad tidings of good news from Allah. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'O Allah forgive the Ansar and the children of the Ansar, and the children of their children."

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2343It is narrated from 'Ubadah bin As-Samit, who said:Sahih

" the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) about For them are glad tidings in the life of the present world. He said: 'This refers to the righteous dreams which the Muslim sees or which are seen about him.'"

Sahih Muslim #6400'A'isha reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

A believer does not receive (the trouble) of running a thorn or more than that but Allah elevates him in rank or effaces his sins because of that.