Which Surah and Juz is Quran 34:50 from?

This ayah is from Surah Saba (Sheba), the 34th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 22.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 34:50?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 34:50?

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

What topics does Quran 34:50 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: As-Sami, Prophethood, Divine Revelation, Tawhid, Knowledge.

Ayah 49

قُلْ جَآءَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَمَا يُبْدِئُ ٱلْبَٰطِلُ وَمَ...

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Q: What does Quran 34:50 mean?

Quran 34:50 (Surah Saba, Ayah 50) translates to: "Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near.""

Ayah 51

وَلَوْ تَرَىٰٓ إِذْ فَزِعُوا۟ فَلَا فَوْتَ وَأُخِذ...

قُلْ إِن ضَلَلْتُ فَإِنَّمَآ أَضِلُّ عَلَىٰ نَفْسِى ۖ وَإِنِ ٱهْتَدَيْتُ فَبِمَا يُوحِىٓ إِلَىَّ رَبِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ سَمِيعٌۭ قَرِيبٌۭ

Qul in dalaltu fainnamaaa adillu 'alaa nafsee wa inih-tadaitu fabimaa yoohee ilaiya Rabbee; innahoo Samee'un Qareeb

Say, "If I should err, I would only err against myself. But if I am guided, it is by what my Lord reveals to me. Indeed, He is Hearing and near."

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34:50Ayah 154

8 ayahs in Saba are strongly about the Quran and revelation. This is one of them.

← Previous on The Quran & revelation34:44And We had not given them any scriptures which they could study, and We had not sent to them before you, [O Muhammad], any warner.Next on The Quran & revelation →34:53And they had already disbelieved in it before and would assault the unseen from a place far away.

Tafsir

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Say ‘If I go astray from the truth I will be going astray only to my own loss that is to say the sin of my going astray shall be held against me; and if I am rightly guided it will have been by what my Lord reveals to me of the Qur’ān and wisdom. Truly He is Hearer of supplications Nigh’.

Then utter:" My Lord. with Thine name I place my side and if Thou keepest me alive have mercy upon myself"

Sunan Abu Dawud #4737‘A’ishah said:Da'if

I thought in my mind that my affair was far inferior to the speaking of Allah about me with a command that will be recited.

Sahih Muslim #5491This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Shu'ba with a slight variation of wording and that is:Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) uttered these words: It is I. it is I." in the manner as if he disapproved of this.

Sahih al-Bukhari #6475Narrated Hammad:Sahih

the same narration above (i.e. 709), "I make expiation for my dissolved oath, and I do what is better, or do what is better and make expiation."

Sunan Abu Dawud #1512The aforesaid tradition has also been transmitted by 'Amr b. Murrah through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds:Da'if

"And make right guidance easy for me." The narrator did not say: "my right guidance". Abu Dawud said: Sufyan heard eighteen traditions from 'Amr b. Murrah.