Which Surah and Juz is Quran 37:113 from?

This ayah is from Surah As-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks), the 37th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 23.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 37:113?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 37:113?

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

What topics does Quran 37:113 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophet Ishaq, Prophets, Prophet Isa, Prophet Ibrahim, Accountability.

Ayah 112

وَبَشَّرْنَٰهُ بِإِسْحَٰقَ نَبِيًّۭا مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰل...

37:113As-Saaffaat

Q: What does Quran 37:113 mean?

Quran 37:113 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Ayah 113) translates to: "And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself."

Ayah 114

وَلَقَدْ مَنَنَّا عَلَىٰ مُوسَىٰ وَهَٰرُونَ...

وَبَٰرَكْنَا عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَىٰٓ إِسْحَٰقَ ۚ وَمِن ذُرِّيَّتِهِمَا مُحْسِنٌۭ وَظَالِمٌۭ لِّنَفْسِهِۦ مُبِينٌۭ

Wa baaraknaa 'alaihi wa 'alaaa Ishaaq; wa min zurriyya tihimaa muhsinunw wa zaalimul linafshihee mubeen

And We blessed him and Isaac. But among their descendants is the doer of good and the clearly unjust to himself.

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37:113Ayah 1182

50 ayahs in As-Saaffaat are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples37:112And We gave him good tidings of Isaac, a prophet from among the righteous.Next on Lessons from past peoples →37:114And We did certainly confer favor upon Moses and Aaron.

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And We blessed him by multiplying his descendants and Isaac his son We also blessed by appointing the majority of prophets from among his progeny. And among their descendants is he who is virtuous he who is a believer and he who plainly wrongs his soul he who is a disbeliever whose disbelief is manifest.

And his progeny, them We made survivors (37:77).' The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Ham, Sam and Yafith" - with (the letter) Tha.

Sunan Abu Dawud #2267Sahih

The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Muhammad bin Rashid through a different chain of narrators to the same effect. This version adds “he is the child of fornication for the people of his mother whether she was free or a slave. This attribution of a child to the parents was practiced in the beginning of Islam. The property divided before Islam will not be taken into account.

Sunan Abu Dawud #4881Sahih

This tradition has also been transmitted by ‘Isa b. Abi ‘Isa al-sailahini from Abu al-Mughirah, as Ibn al-musaffa said.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #163Similar narration is reported by Bishr ibn Mu'adh Al-Bari who said that :

Isma'il ibn Ulayyah narrated to him from Ibn Juraij. This latter chain is more correct.