Which Surah and Juz is Quran 33:14 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Ahzaab (The Clans), the 33th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 21.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 33:14?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 33:14?

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

Ayah 13

وَإِذْ قَالَت طَّآئِفَةٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ يَٰٓأَهْلَ يَث...

33:14Al-Ahzaab

Q: What does Quran 33:14 mean?

Quran 33:14 (Surah Al-Ahzaab, Ayah 14) translates to: "And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly."

Q: What topics does Quran 33:14 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Hypocrisy, Testing of Believers, Accountability, Community Responsibility, Community.

Ayah 15

وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ عَٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ لَ...

وَلَوْ دُخِلَتْ عَلَيْهِم مِّنْ أَقْطَارِهَا ثُمَّ سُئِلُوا۟ ٱلْفِتْنَةَ لَءَاتَوْهَا وَمَا تَلَبَّثُوا۟ بِهَآ إِلَّا يَسِيرًۭا

wa law dukhilat 'alaihim min aqtaarihaa summa su'ilul fitnata la aatawhaa wa maa talabbasoo bihaaa illaa yaseeraa

And if they had been entered upon from all its [surrounding] regions and fitnah had been demanded of them, they would have done it and not hesitated over it except briefly.

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Hypocrisy

33:14Ayah 173

11 ayahs in Al-Ahzaab are strongly about hypocrisy. This is one of them.

← Previous on Hypocrisy33:13And when a faction of them said, "O people of Yathrib, there is no stability for you [here],Next on Hypocrisy →33:18Already Allah knows the hinderers among you and those [hypocrites] who say to their brothers, "Come to us," and do not go to battle, except for a few,

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And had they been invaded in it namely Medina from all sides and had they been exhorted in other words had the invaders exhorted them to treachery a return to idolatrous ways they would have committed it read la-ātawhā or la-atawhā meaning ‘they would have offered it’ or ‘they would have committed it’ respectively and would have hesitated thereupon but a little.

If it were not hard upon my Umma (to follow my example), I would not lag behind any expedition-as in the traditions gone before.

Sahih Muslim #7394Abū Ja’far Muhammad bin us-Sabbāh narrated to us, Ismā’īl bin Zakariyyā’ narrated to us, on authority of Āsim il-Ahwal, on authority of Ibn Sīrīn that he said:Sahih

‘They would not ask about the chains of narration, and when the Fitnah occurred, they said: ‘Name for us your men’. So Ahl us-Sunnah would be regarded, and their Ḥadīth were then taken, and Ahl ul-Bi’dah would be regarded, and their Ḥadīth were not taken’.

Sahih Muslim #7204Tamim Dari came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and informed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that he sailed in an ocean and his ship lost direction and thus landed at an island. They moved about in that land in search of water. There they saw a person who had been pulling his hair. The rest of the hadith is the same. And he (Dajjal) said:Sahih

If I were to be permitted to set out I would have covered all the lands except Taiba. Then Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) brought (Tamim Dari) before the public and he narrated to them and said: That is Taiba and that is the Dajjal.

Sahih Muslim #6338Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

If the din were at the Pleiades, even then a person from Persia would have taken hold of it, or one amongst the Persian descent would have surely found it.