What does Quran 38:88 mean?

Quran 38:88 (Surah Saad, Ayah 88) translates to: "And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time.""

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 38:88 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 38:88?

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi.

What tafsir is available for Quran 38:88?

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

What topics does Quran 38:88 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophethood, Divine Revelation, Patience, Knowledge, Sincerity in Worship.

Ayah 87

إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ...

38:88Saad

وَلَتَعْلَمُنَّ نَبَأَهُۥ بَعْدَ حِينٍۭ

Wa lata'lamunna naba ahoo ba'da heen

And you will surely know [the truth of] its information after a time."

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← Previous on Knowledge & reflection38:29[This is] a blessed Book which We have revealed to you, [O Muhammad], that they might reflect upon its verses and that those of understanding would be reminded.

Tafsir

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And you will assuredly come to know O disbelievers of Mecca its tiding the news of its truth in due time’ that is to say on the Day of Resurrection ‘ilm ‘knowing’ is here being used in the sense of ‘urf ‘experience’; the prefixed lām in la-ta‘lamunna ‘you will assuredly know’ is for an implicit oath in other words what is meant is wa’Llāhi la-ta‘lamunna ‘By God you will assuredly know’.

"Indeed after you there will be days in which knowledge shall be raised up and Al-Harj shall abound." They said: "O Messenger of Allah(s.a.w)! What is Al-Harj?" He said: "Killing."

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