Which Surah and Juz is Quran 38:4 from?

This ayah is from Surah Saad (The letter Saad), the 38th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 23.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 38:4?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 38:4?

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

What topics does Quran 38:4 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophethood, Disbelief, Divine Revelation, Divine Warning, Tawhid.

Ayah 3

كَمْ أَهْلَكْنَا مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن قَرْنٍۢ فَنَاد...

38:4Saad

Q: What does Quran 38:4 mean?

Quran 38:4 (Surah Saad, Ayah 4) translates to: "And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar."

Ayah 5

أَجَعَلَ ٱلْءَالِهَةَ إِلَٰهًۭا وَٰحِدًا ۖ إِنَّ ه...

وَعَجِبُوٓا۟ أَن جَآءَهُم مُّنذِرٌۭ مِّنْهُمْ ۖ وَقَالَ ٱلْكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا سَٰحِرٌۭ كَذَّابٌ

Wa 'ajibooo an jaaa'a hum munzirum minhum wa qaalal kaafiroona haazaa saahirun kazzaab

And they wonder that there has come to them a warner from among themselves. And the disbelievers say, "This is a magician and a liar.

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38:4Ayah 188

4 ayahs in Saad are strongly about the Prophet. This is one of them.

Next on The Prophet ﷺ →38:65Say, [O Muhammad], "I am only a warner, and there is not any deity except Allah, the One, the Prevailing.

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And they marvel that a warner has come to them from among themselves a messenger from among their number to warn them and to threaten them with the punishment of the Fire after resurrection — and this warner is the Prophet s. And those who disbelieve the overt noun al-kāfirūnā has replaced the third person pronominalisation say ‘This is a sorcerer a liar.

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "In Thaqif there is a liar and a destroyer."

Sahih al-Bukhari #5544Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:Sahih

Two men came from the East and addressed the people who wondered at their eloquent speeches On that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said. Some eloquent speech is as effective as magic.'

Sunan Abu Dawud #2637Hasan

Jabir reported the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “War is deception.”