What does Quran 4:156 mean?

Quran 4:156 (Surah An-Nisaa, Ayah 156) translates to: "And [We cursed them] for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander,"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 4:156 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Nisaa (The Women), the 4th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 6.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 4:156?

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 4:156?

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

What topics does Quran 4:156 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Maryam, Al-Azim, Disbelief, Divine Curse, People of the Book.

Ayah 155

فَبِمَا نَقْضِهِم مِّيثَٰقَهُمْ وَكُفْرِهِم بِـَٔا...

4:156An-Nisaa

Ayah 157

وَقَوْلِهِمْ إِنَّا قَتَلْنَا ٱلْمَسِيحَ عِيسَى ٱب...

وَبِكُفْرِهِمْ وَقَوْلِهِمْ عَلَىٰ مَرْيَمَ بُهْتَٰنًا عَظِيمًۭا

Wa bikufrihim wa qawlihim 'alaa Maryama buh taanan 'azeema

And [We cursed them] for their disbelief and their saying against Mary a great slander,

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9 ayahs in An-Nisaa are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples4:155And [We cursed them] for their breaking of the covenant and their disbelief in the signs of Allah and their killing of the prophets without right and their…Next on Lessons from past peoples →4:157And [for] their saying, "Indeed, we have killed the Messiah, Jesus, the son of Mary, the messenger of Allah." And they did not kill him,

Tafsir

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And for their disbelief a second time in Jesus the bā’ of bi-kufrihim ‘for their disbelief’ is repeated in order to separate it ‘their disbelief’ in Jesus from what is supplemented to it ‘their utterance against Mary’ and their uttering against Mary a tremendous calumny when they accused her of fornication.

Related Hadiths

Sunan Abu Dawud #2248Sahih

Sahl bin Sa’d Al Sa’idi said “I attended the invoking of the curses with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) when I was fifteen. He then narrated the rest of the tradition. In this version he said “She then came out pregnant and the child was ascribed to its mother.

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