What does Quran 3:58 mean?

Quran 3:58 (Surah Aal-i-Imraan, Ayah 58) translates to: "This is what We recite to you, [O Muhammad], of [Our] verses and the precise [and wise] message."

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 3:58 from?

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

Are there hadiths related to Quran 3:58?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 3:58?

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

What topics does Quran 3:58 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Al-Hakim, Divine Revelation, Prophethood, Scripture & Wisdom, Death.

Ayah 57

وَأَمَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِ...

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Ayah 59

إِنَّ مَثَلَ عِيسَىٰ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ كَمَثَلِ ءَادَم...

ذَٰلِكَ نَتْلُوهُ عَلَيْكَ مِنَ ٱلْءَايَٰتِ وَٱلذِّكْرِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ

Zaalika natloohu 'alaika minal Aayaati wa Zikril Hakeem

This is what We recite to you, [O Muhammad], of [Our] verses and the precise [and wise] message.

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Tafsir

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This what is mentioned of the matter of Jesus We recite to you narrate to you O Muhammad (s) of verses and wise clear remembrance namely the Qur’ān min al-āyāt ‘of verses’ is a circumstantial qualifier referring to the suffixed pronoun hā’ of natlūhu and its operator is the demonstrative import of dhālika ‘this’.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited thus.

Sunan Abu Dawud #797Abu Hurairah said:Sahih

In every prayer there is a recitation. We make you listen what the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) made us listen, and we keep hidden from you what he kept hidden from us.

Sahih Muslim #2303Abu Harb b. Abu al-Aswad reported on the authority of his father that Abu Musa al-Ash'ari sent for the reciters of Basra. They came to him and they were three hundred in number. They recited the Qur'an and he said:Sahih

You are the best among the inhabitants of Basra, for you are the reciters among them. So continue to recite it. (But bear in mind) that your reciting for a long time may not harden your hearts as were hardened the hearts of those before you. We used to recite a surah which resembled in length and severity to (Surah) Bara'at. I have, however, forgotten it with the exception of this which I remember out of it:" If there were two valleys full of riches, for the son of Adam, he would long for a third valley, and nothing would fill the stomach of the son of Adam but dust." And we used so recite a surah which resembled one of the surahs of Musabbihat, and I have forgotten it, but remember (this much) out of it:" Oh people who believe, why do you say that which you do not practise" (lxi 2.) and" that is recorded in your necks as a witness (against you) and you would be asked about it on the Day of Resurrection" (xvii. 13).

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #554[(Another chain) Qutaibah narrated :Sahih

this Hadith to us, meaning the Hadith of Mu'adh]

Sunan Abu Dawud #4009Narrated 'Aishah:Sahih

The revelation came down to Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he recited to is: "A surah which We have sent down and which We have ordained (faradnaha)" Abu Dawud said: The letter ra (r) is the word faradnaha has short vowel a (with out doubling of consonant r), and then he reached the verses after this verse.