Which Surah and Juz is Quran 4:116 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Nisaa (The Women), the 4th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 5.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 4:116?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa'i.

What tafsir is available for Quran 4:116?

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

Ayah 115

وَمَن يُشَاقِقِ ٱلرَّسُولَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ مَا تَبَيَّ...

4:116An-Nisaa

Q: What does Quran 4:116 mean?

Quran 4:116 (Surah An-Nisaa, Ayah 116) translates to: "Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly gone far astray."

Q: What topics does Quran 4:116 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Tawhid, Shirk (Associating Partners with Allah), Allah, Forgiveness, Divine Will.

Ayah 117

إِن يَدْعُونَ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَّآ إِنَٰثًۭا وَإِن...

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَن يُشْرَكَ بِهِۦ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ لِمَن يَشَآءُ ۚ وَمَن يُشْرِكْ بِٱللَّهِ فَقَدْ ضَلَّ ضَلَٰلًۢا بَعِيدًا

Innal laaha laa yaghfiru ai yushraka bihee wayaghfiru maa doona zaalika limai yashaaa'; wa mai yushrik billaahi faqad dalla dalaalam ba'eedaa

Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills. And he who associates others with Allah has certainly gone far astray.

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4:116Ayah 1176

22 ayahs in An-Nisaa are strongly about mercy and forgiveness. This is one of them.

← Previous on Mercy & forgiveness4:113And if it was not for the favor of Allah upon you, [O Muhammad], and His mercy, a group of them would have determined to mislead you.Next on Mercy & forgiveness →4:149If [instead] you show [some] good or conceal it or pardon an offense - indeed, Allah is ever Pardoning and Competent.

Tafsir

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God does not forgive that anything should be associated with Him; He forgives all except that to whomever He will. Whoever associates anything with God verily he has strayed far away from the truth.

Allah would not forgive such and such (person). Thereupon Allah the Exalted and Glorious, said: Who is he who adjures about Me that I would not grant pardon to so and so; I have granted pardon to so and so and blotted out his deeds (who took an oath that I would not grant pardon to him).

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3121Narrated Thuwair - Ibn Abi Fakhitah:Sahih

from his father that 'Ali bin Abi Talib said: "There is no Ayah in the Qur'an more beloved to me than this Ayah: Verily Allah forgives not associating others with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whomever He wills (4:116)."

Sahih Muslim #175It is narrated on the authority of Jabir that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and said:Sahih

Messenger of Allah, what are the two things quite unavoidable? He replied: He who dies without associating anyone with Allah would (necessarily) enter Paradise and he who dies associating anything with Allah would enter the (Fire of) Hell.

Sahih Muslim #174It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud that Waki told (him) that the Messenger of Allah had observed and Ibn Numair asserted:Sahih

I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: He who dies associating anything with Allah would enter the Fire (of Hell). 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud said: I say that he who died without associating anything with Allah entered Paradise.

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4878It was narrated from 'Abdullah bin 'Amr that the Prophet said:Sahih

"The major sins are: associating others with Allah, disobeying parents, killing a souls (murder) and swearing a false oath knowingly.