Which Surah and Juz is Quran 39:48 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 39:48?

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 39:48?

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

What topics does Quran 39:48 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Divine Justice, Accountability, Idolatry, Tawhid, Knowledge.

Ayah 47

وَلَوْ أَنَّ لِلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مَا فِى ٱلْأَرْض...

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Q: What does Quran 39:48 mean?

Quran 39:48 (Surah Az-Zumar, Ayah 48) translates to: "And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule."

Ayah 49

فَإِذَا مَسَّ ٱلْإِنسَٰنَ ضُرٌّۭ دَعَانَا ثُمَّ إِ...

وَبَدَا لَهُمْ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ بِهِۦ يَسْتَهْزِءُونَ

Wa badaa lahum saiyiaatu maa kasaboo wa haaqa bihim maa kaanoo bihee yastahzi'oon

And there will appear to them the evils they had earned, and they will be enveloped by what they used to ridicule.

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39:48Ayah 175

14 ayahs in Az-Zumar are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

← Previous on Day of Judgment39:47And if those who did wrong had all that is in the earth entirely and the like of it with it,Next on Day of Judgment →39:58Or [lest] it say when it sees the punishment, "If only I had another turn so I could be among the doers of good."

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And there will appear to them the evils of what they had earned and they will be besieged by there will descend on them that which they used to deride in other words the chastisement.

(Enveloping) by the smoke, inevitable (punishment to the Meccans at Badr), (the victory of) Rome, (violent) seizing (of the Meccans at Badr) and (the splitting up of) the Moon.

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