Which Surah and Juz is Quran 4:96 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 4:96?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 4:96?

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

What topics does Quran 4:96 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Al-Ghafur, Ar-Raheem, Allah, Forgiveness, Divine Mercy.

Ayah 95

لَّا يَسْتَوِى ٱلْقَٰعِدُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ غ...

4:96An-Nisaa

Q: What does Quran 4:96 mean?

Quran 4:96 (Surah An-Nisaa, Ayah 96) translates to: "Degrees [of high position] from Him and forgiveness and mercy. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful."

Ayah 97

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلْمَلَٰٓئِكَةُ ظَال...

دَرَجَٰتٍۢ مِّنْهُ وَمَغْفِرَةًۭ وَرَحْمَةًۭ ۚ وَكَانَ ٱللَّهُ غَفُورًۭا رَّحِيمًا

Darajaatim minhu wa maghfiratanw wa rahmah; wa kaanal laahu Ghafoorar Raheema

Degrees [of high position] from Him and forgiveness and mercy. And Allah is ever Forgiving and Merciful.

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Mercy & forgiveness

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

← Previous on Mercy & forgiveness4:92And never is it for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake. And whoever kills a believer by mistake Next on Mercy & forgiveness →4:99For those it is expected that Allah will pardon them, and Allah is ever Pardoning and Forgiving.

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degrees that is stations one higher than the other in honour from Him and forgiveness and mercy maghfiratan and rahmatan are in the accusative because they constitute an object of the implied verb faddala ‘He has preferred’. Surely God is ever Forgiving to His friends Merciful to those that obey Him.

“Allah has one hundred (degrees of) mercy, of which He has shared one between all of creation, by virtue of which you show mercy and compassion towards one another and the wild animals show compassion towards their young. And He has kept back ninety-nine (degrees of) mercy by virtue of which He will show mercy to His slaves on the Day of Resurrection.”

Sahih Muslim #6135A'isha reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) at the time of breathing his last was reclining against her chest and she was leaning over him and listening to him as he was saying:Sahih

O Allah, grant me pardon, show mercy to me, enjoin me to companions (on High).

Sunan Abu Dawud #469Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying; The angels invoke blessings on any of you who remains sitting at the place where he says his prayers so long as he is defiled (needs ablution) or stands up, saying:Sahih

O Allah, forgives him; O Allah, have mercy on him.

Sunan Ibn Majah #3914It was narrated from Abu Sa’eed that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Hasan

“Whoever humbles himself one degree for the sake of Allah, Allah will raise him in status one degree, and whoever behaves arrogantly towards Allah one degree, Allah will lower him in status one degree, until He makes him among the lowest of the low.”

Sahih Muslim #6804Salman Farisi reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

Verily, there are one hundred (parts of) mercy for Allah, and it is one part of this mercy by virtue of which there is mutual love between the people and ninety-nine reserved for the Day of Resurrection.