Which Surah and Juz is Quran 40:52 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 40:52?

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 40:52?

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

Ayah 51

إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ ...

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Q: What does Quran 40:52 mean?

Quran 40:52 (Surah Ghafir, Ayah 52) translates to: "The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home."

Q: What topics does Quran 40:52 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Hellfire, Eschatological Consequences, Divine Curse, Accountability.

Ayah 53

وَلَقَدْ ءَاتَيْنَا مُوسَى ٱلْهُدَىٰ وَأَوْرَثْنَا...

يَوْمَ لَا يَنفَعُ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ مَعْذِرَتُهُمْ ۖ وَلَهُمُ ٱللَّعْنَةُ وَلَهُمْ سُوٓءُ ٱلدَّارِ

Yawma laa yanfa'uz zaalimeena ma'ziratuhum wa lahumul la'natu wa lahum soooud daar

The Day their excuse will not benefit the wrongdoers, and they will have the curse, and they will have the worst home.

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40:52Ayah 185

14 ayahs in Ghafir are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

← Previous on Day of Judgment40:51Indeed, We will support Our messengers and those who believe during the life of this world and on the Day when the witnesses will stand -Next on Day of Judgment →40:59Indeed, the Hour is coming - no doubt about it - but most of the people do not believe.

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the day when their excuses will not benefit read lā yanfa‘u or lā tanfa‘u the evildoers even if they were to offer them and theirs will be the curse in other words the banishment from God’s Mercy and theirs will be the ills of the ultimate abode in the Hereafter meaning the most severe of its chastisements.

God willing, we will get down tomorrow, at Khaif of Banu Kinanah, the place where they had taken an oath on unbelief.

Sahih Muslim #5661Sahl b. Sa'd reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

If bad luck were to be in anything, it is found in the woman, the horse and the abode.

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