Which Surah and Juz is Quran 40:26 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ghafir (The Forgiver), the 40th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 24.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 40:26?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan an-Nasa'i.

What tafsir is available for Quran 40:26?

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

What topics does Quran 40:26 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophet Musa, Firaun, Pharaoh, Prophet Muhammad, Divine Signs.

Ayah 25

فَلَمَّا جَآءَهُم بِٱلْحَقِّ مِنْ عِندِنَا قَالُوا...

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Q: What does Quran 40:26 mean?

Quran 40:26 (Surah Ghafir, Ayah 26) translates to: "And Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption in the land.""

Ayah 27

وَقَالَ مُوسَىٰٓ إِنِّى عُذْتُ بِرَبِّى وَرَبِّكُم...

وَقَالَ فِرْعَوْنُ ذَرُونِىٓ أَقْتُلْ مُوسَىٰ وَلْيَدْعُ رَبَّهُۥٓ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ أَن يُبَدِّلَ دِينَكُمْ أَوْ أَن يُظْهِرَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ٱلْفَسَادَ

Wa qaala Fir'awnu zarooneee aqtul Moosaa walyad'u Rabbahoo inneee akhaafu ai yubaddila deenakum aw ai yuzhira fil ardil fasaad

And Pharaoh said, "Let me kill Moses and let him call upon his Lord. Indeed, I fear that he will change your religion or that he will cause corruption in the land."

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40:26Ayah 185

19 ayahs in Ghafir are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples40:25And when he brought them the truth from Us, they said, "Kill the sons of those who have believed with him and keep their women alive." But the plan of the…Next on Lessons from past peoples →40:27But Moses said, "Indeed, I have sought refuge in my Lord and your Lord from every arrogant one who does not believe in the Day of Account."

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And Pharaoh said ‘Let me slay Moses — for they used to restrain him from slaying him — and let him call to his Lord to defend him against me. Indeed I fear that he may change your religion involving your worship of me so that you will then follow him in his religion or that he may cause corruption to appear in the land’ by initiating killing and otherwise a variant reading for wa-an ‘and that’ is aw-an ‘or that’; a variant reading for an yuzhira fī’l-ardi’l-fasāda is the impersonal construction an yazhara fī’l-ardi’l-fasādu ‘that corruption may appear in the land’.

Ibn 'Abbas said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4071It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4069Ibn 'Abbas said:Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4072It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:Hasan

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4073It was narrated that Al-Hasan said:Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever changes his religion, kill him.'"