Which Surah and Juz is Quran 43:45 from?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 43:45?

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

What topics does Quran 43:45 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Ar-Rahman, Tawhid, Prophets, False Deities, Idolatry.

Ayah 44

وَإِنَّهُۥ لَذِكْرٌۭ لَّكَ وَلِقَوْمِكَ ۖ وَسَوْفَ...

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Q: What does Quran 43:45 mean?

Quran 43:45 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 45) translates to: "And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?"

Ayah 46

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا مُوسَىٰ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَآ إِلَىٰ...

وَسْـَٔلْ مَنْ أَرْسَلْنَا مِن قَبْلِكَ مِن رُّسُلِنَآ أَجَعَلْنَا مِن دُونِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ءَالِهَةًۭ يُعْبَدُونَ

Was'al man arsalnaa min qablika mir Rusulinaaa aja'alnaa min doonir Rahmaani aalihatany yu badoon

And ask those We sent before you of Our messengers; have We made besides the Most Merciful deities to be worshipped?

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10 ayahs in Az-Zukhruf are strongly about the oneness of Allah. This is one of them.

← Previous on Oneness of Allah43:26And [mention, O Muhammad], when Abraham said to his father and his people, "Indeed, I am disassociated from that which you worship Next on Oneness of Allah →43:64Indeed, Allah is my Lord and your Lord, so worship Him. This is a straight path."

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And ask those of Our messengers whom We sent before you Did We ever appoint besides the Compassionate One that is to say any other than Him gods to be worshipped? It is said that this is to be understood literally in other words that God gathered for him all the messengers on the Night of the Journey; but it is also said that this meant that he should ask any communities belonging to either of the two Peoples of the Scripture. According to one of the two opinions he never asked anyone since the point of this command to ask is to affirm to the idolaters of Quraysh that no messenger or scripture ever came from God with the command to worship any other than God.

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