Which Surah and Juz is Quran 43:11 from?

This ayah is from Surah Az-Zukhruf (Ornaments of gold), the 43th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 25.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 43:11?

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan an-Nasa'i.

What tafsir is available for Quran 43:11?

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

What topics does Quran 43:11 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Tawhid, Creation, Resurrection, Idolatry, Divine Power.

Ayah 10

ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ مَهْدًۭا وَجَعَلَ ...

43:11Az-Zukhruf

Q: What does Quran 43:11 mean?

Quran 43:11 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 11) translates to: "And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -"

Ayah 12

وَٱلَّذِى خَلَقَ ٱلْأَزْوَٰجَ كُلَّهَا وَجَعَلَ لَ...

وَٱلَّذِى نَزَّلَ مِنَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ مَآءًۢ بِقَدَرٍۢ فَأَنشَرْنَا بِهِۦ بَلْدَةًۭ مَّيْتًۭا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ تُخْرَجُونَ

Wallazee nazzala minas samaaa'i maaa'am biqadarin fa anshamaa bihee baldatam maitaa' kazaalika tukhrajoon

And who sends down rain from the sky in measured amounts, and We revive thereby a dead land - thus will you be brought forth -

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43:11Ayah 189

4 ayahs in Az-Zukhruf are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

← Previous on Signs in creation43:10[The one] who has made for you the earth a bed and made for you upon it roads that you might be guided Next on Signs in creation →43:12And who created the species, all of them, and has made for you of ships and animals those which you mount.

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and Who sent down water from the heaven in measure that is to say in the measure that you require thereof and did not send it down in a deluge and We revived with it a dead land. Thus — like this revivification — will you be brought forth from your graves alive;

that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "Whoever revives a barren land, then it is for him."

Sunan an-Nasa'i #2493It was narrated from Salim, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah said:Hasan

"For whatever is irrigated by the sky, rivers and springs, or draws up water from deep roots, one-tenth. For whatever is irrigated by animals and artificial means, one half of one-tenth."