What does Quran 42:37 mean?

Quran 42:37 (Surah Ash-Shura, Ayah 37) translates to: "And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 42:37 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ash-Shura (Consultation), the 42th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 25.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 42:37?

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 42:37?

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

What topics does Quran 42:37 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Major Sins, Forgiveness, Ethical Behavior, Taqwa, Spiritual Purification.

Ayah 36

فَمَآ أُوتِيتُم مِّن شَىْءٍۢ فَمَتَٰعُ ٱلْحَيَوٰةِ...

42:37Ash-Shura

Ayah 38

وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟...

وَٱلَّذِينَ يَجْتَنِبُونَ كَبَٰٓئِرَ ٱلْإِثْمِ وَٱلْفَوَٰحِشَ وَإِذَا مَا غَضِبُوا۟ هُمْ يَغْفِرُونَ

Wallazeena yajtaniboona kabaaa'iral ismi wal fawaa hisha wa izaa maa ghadiboo hum yaghfiroon

And those who avoid the major sins and immoralities, and when they are angry, they forgive,

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42:37Ayah 153

5 ayahs in Ash-Shura are strongly about the qualities of the believers. This is one of them.

← Previous on Qualities of the believers42:36So whatever thing you have been given - it is but [for] enjoyment of the worldly life.Next on Qualities of the believers →42:38And those who have responded to their lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves,

Tafsir

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and those who avoid grave sins and indecencies those acts that require the implementing of the prescribed legal punishments hudūd the supplement above is an example of supplementing the part to the whole and who when they are angry forgive they let it pass;

Whom do you consider a wrestler among you? The people replied: (the man) whom the men cannot defeat in wrestling. He said: No, it is he who controls himself when he is angry.

Sahih Muslim #6480Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

The strong-man is not one who wrestles well but the strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a fit of rage.