Which Surah and Juz is Quran 4:164 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 4:164?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sahih Muslim, Jami` at-Tirmidhi.

What tafsir is available for Quran 4:164?

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

What topics does Quran 4:164 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophet Musa, Allah, Divine Revelation, Prophet Stories, Taqwa.

Ayah 163

۞ إِنَّآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْكَ كَمَآ أَوْحَيْنَآ إِ...

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Q: What does Quran 4:164 mean?

Quran 4:164 (Surah An-Nisaa, Ayah 164) translates to: "And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech."

Ayah 165

رُّسُلًۭا مُّبَشِّرِينَ وَمُنذِرِينَ لِئَلَّا يَكُ...

وَرُسُلًۭا قَدْ قَصَصْنَٰهُمْ عَلَيْكَ مِن قَبْلُ وَرُسُلًۭا لَّمْ نَقْصُصْهُمْ عَلَيْكَ ۚ وَكَلَّمَ ٱللَّهُ مُوسَىٰ تَكْلِيمًۭا

Wa Rusulan qad qasas naahum 'alaika min qablu wa Rusulal lam naqsushum 'alaik; wa kallamallaahu Moosaa takleemaa

And [We sent] messengers about whom We have related [their stories] to you before and messengers about whom We have not related to you. And Allah spoke to Moses with [direct] speech.

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And We sent messengers We have told you of before and messengers We have not told you of it is related that God sent eight thousand prophets in total four thousand of them from the Children of Israel and the remaining four thousand from other peoples as stated by the Shaykh Jalāl al-Dīn al-Mahallī in his commentary on sūrat Ghāfir Q. 4078; and God spoke directly without mediation to Moses

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent us along with a contingent, and said: If you find so-and-so. He then narrated the rest of the tradition to the same effect.

Sahih Muslim #351A'mash has narrated this hadith on the same authority and said:Sahih

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was standing amongst us and he told us four things. He then narrated the hadith like the one reported by Abu Mua'wiya, but did not mention the words" His creation" and said: His veil is the light.

Sahih Muslim #4211Sahih

This hadith has been narrated from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) through other chains of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim #2046Sahih

This hadith has been narrated from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) through another chain of transmitters.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #1341Da'if

(Another chain of narrators) from some people from the inhabitants of Hims, from Mu'adh, from the Prophet (ﷺ), with similar.