What does Quran 36:27 mean?

Quran 36:27 (Surah Yaseen, Ayah 27) translates to: "Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored.""

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 36:27 from?

This ayah is from Surah Yaseen (Yaseen), the 36th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 22.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 36:27?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 36:27?

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

What topics does Quran 36:27 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Forgiveness, Paradise, Spiritual Status, Intention (Niyyah), Prophet Stories.

Ayah 26

قِيلَ ٱدْخُلِ ٱلْجَنَّةَ ۖ قَالَ يَٰلَيْتَ قَوْمِى...

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Ayah 28

۞ وَمَآ أَنزَلْنَا عَلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ...

بِمَا غَفَرَ لِى رَبِّى وَجَعَلَنِى مِنَ ٱلْمُكْرَمِينَ

Bimaa ghafara lee Rabbee wa ja'alanee minal mukrameen

Of how my Lord has forgiven me and placed me among the honored."

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5 ayahs in Yaseen are strongly about mercy and forgiveness. This is one of them.

← Previous on Mercy & forgiveness36:11You can only warn one who follows the message and fears the Most Merciful unseen. So give him good tidings of forgiveness and noble reward.Next on Mercy & forgiveness →36:44Except as a mercy from Us and provision for a time.

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with what munificence my Lord has forgiven me would that they knew of His great forgiveness and made me of the honoured ones!’

Allah has forgiven for me my nation their mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do."

Sahih Muslim #6809Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying that a person who had never done any good deed asked the members of his family to burn his dead body when he would die and to scatter half of its ashes over the land and half in the ocean. By Allah, if Allah finds him in His grip, He would torment him with a torment with which He did not afflict anyone amongst the people of the world; and when the person died, it was done to him as he had commanded (his family) to do. Allah commanded the land to collect (the ashes scattered on it) and He commanded the ocean and that collected (ashes) contained in it. Allah questioned him why he had done. that He said:Sahih

My Lord, it is out of Thine fear that I have done it and Thou art well aware of it, and Allah granted him pardon:.

Sunan Ibn Majah #1779It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet (ﷺ) said :Sahih

"Allah has forgiven my nation for mistakes and forgetfulness, and what they are forced to do."

Sahih Muslim #1730'A'isha reported that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) listened to the recitation of the Qur'an by a man in the mosque. Thereupon he said:Sahih

May Allah have mercy upon him; be reminded me of the verse which I had been made to forget.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2507Abu Umamah narrated the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said:Sahih

"My Lord promised me that seventy thousand of my Ummah shall be admitted into Paradise without a reckoning against them nor any punishment. With every thousand, are seventy thousand and three measures from His measures."

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