Which Surah and Juz is Quran 37:158 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 37:158?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 37:158?

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

What topics does Quran 37:158 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Tawhid, Idolatry, Divine Punishment, Story of Adam and Iblis, Jinn.

Ayah 157

فَأْتُوا۟ بِكِتَٰبِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ...

37:158As-Saaffaat

Q: What does Quran 37:158 mean?

Quran 37:158 (Surah As-Saaffaat, Ayah 158) translates to: "And they have claimed between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought to [punishment]."

Ayah 159

سُبْحَٰنَ ٱللَّهِ عَمَّا يَصِفُونَ...

وَجَعَلُوا۟ بَيْنَهُۥ وَبَيْنَ ٱلْجِنَّةِ نَسَبًۭا ۚ وَلَقَدْ عَلِمَتِ ٱلْجِنَّةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَمُحْضَرُونَ

Wa ja'aloo bainahoo wa bainal jinnati nasabaa; wa laqad 'alimatil jinnatu innahum lamuhdaroon

And they have claimed between Him and the jinn a lineage, but the jinn have already known that they [who made such claims] will be brought to [punishment].

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Tafsir

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And they namely the idolaters have set up between Him exalted be He and the jinn namely the angels jinna they are so called because they are hidden ijtinān from vision a kinship by saying that they are God’s daughters while the jinn certainly know that they that is those who say this shall indeed be arraigned into the Fire to be chastised therein.

Regarding the Verse: 'Those whom they call upon (worship) (like Jesus the Son of Mary or angels etc.) desire (for themselves) means of access, to their Lord....' (17.57) (It was revealed regarding) some Jinns who used to be worshipped (by human beings). They later embraced Islam (while those people kept on worshipping them).

Sahih Muslim #910This hadith has been reported by Dawud with the same chain of transmitters up to the word (s):Sahih

" The traces of their embers." Sha'bi said: They (the Jinn) asked about their provision, and they were the Jinn of al-jazira, up to the end of the hadith, and the words of Sha'bi have been directly transmitted from the hadith of Abdullah.

Sahih Muslim #5816Sahih

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jundab through another chain of transmitters.

Sunan Abu Dawud #4438

A part of tradition has also been transmitted by al-Lajlaj from the Prophet (ﷺ) through a different chain of narrators.

Sahih Muslim #6941Sahih

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir through another chain of transmitters.