Which Surah and Juz is Quran 39:45 from?

This ayah is from Surah Az-Zumar (The Groups), the 39th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 24.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 39:45?

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Jami` at-Tirmidhi.

What tafsir is available for Quran 39:45?

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

What topics does Quran 39:45 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Allah, Tawhid, Hereafter, Shirk (Associating Partners with Allah), Idolatry.

Ayah 44

قُل لِّلَّهِ ٱلشَّفَٰعَةُ جَمِيعًۭا ۖ لَّهُۥ مُلْك...

39:45Az-Zumar

Q: What does Quran 39:45 mean?

Quran 39:45 (Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 45) translates to: "And when Allah is mentioned alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but when those [worshipped] other than Him are mentioned, immediately they rejoice."

Ayah 46

قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ فَاطِرَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ ...

وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱللَّهُ وَحْدَهُ ٱشْمَأَزَّتْ قُلُوبُ ٱلَّذِينَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱلْءَاخِرَةِ ۖ وَإِذَا ذُكِرَ ٱلَّذِينَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِذَا هُمْ يَسْتَبْشِرُونَ

Wa izaa zukiral laahu wahdahush ma azzat quloobul lazeena laa yu'minoona bil Aakhirati wa izaa zukiral lazeena min dooniheee izaa hum yastabshiroon

And when Allah is mentioned alone, the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter shrink with aversion, but when those [worshipped] other than Him are mentioned, immediately they rejoice.

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39:45Ayah 175

16 ayahs in Az-Zumar are strongly about the oneness of Allah.

← Previous on Oneness of Allah39:44Say, "To Allah belongs [the right to allow] intercession entirely. To Him belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Then to Him you will be returned."Next on Oneness of Allah →39:64Say, [O Muhammad], "Is it other than Allah that you order me to worship, O ignorant ones?"

Tafsir

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And when God is mentioned alone that is without the mention of their gods thereat shrink they are repelled and they become constricted the hearts of those who do not believe in the Hereafter; but when those others besides Him namely the idols are mentioned behold they rejoice!

He who loves to meet Allah, Allah loves to meet him, and he who dislikes to meet Allah, Allah abhors to meet him. I ('A'isha) said: Allah's Apostle, so far as the feeling of aversion against death is concerned, we all have this feeling. Thereupon he (the Holy Prophet) said: It is not that (which you construe), but (this) that when a believer (at the time of death) is given the glad tidings of the mercy of Allah, His Pleasure, and of Paradise, he loves to meet Allah, and Allah also loves to meet him, and when an unbeliever is given the news of the torment at the Hand of Allah, and Hardship to be imposed by Him, he dislikes to meet Allah and Allah also abhors to meet him.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #1171Abu Hurairah narrated that The Messenger of Allah said:Sahih

“Allah becomes jealous and the believer becomes jealous. Allah’s jealousy occurs when a believer does what He has made unlawful for him.”