Which Surah and Juz is Quran 43:65 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 43:65?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan Ibn Majah.

What tafsir is available for Quran 43:65?

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

What topics does Quran 43:65 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Wrongdoing, Day of Judgment, Divine Punishment, Justice, Accountability.

Ayah 64

إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ هُوَ رَبِّى وَرَبُّكُمْ فَٱعْبُدُوهُ...

43:65Az-Zukhruf

Q: What does Quran 43:65 mean?

Quran 43:65 (Surah Az-Zukhruf, Ayah 65) translates to: "But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day."

Ayah 66

هَلْ يَنظُرُونَ إِلَّا ٱلسَّاعَةَ أَن تَأْتِيَهُم ...

فَٱخْتَلَفَ ٱلْأَحْزَابُ مِنۢ بَيْنِهِمْ ۖ فَوَيْلٌۭ لِّلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ مِنْ عَذَابِ يَوْمٍ أَلِيمٍ

Fakhtalafal ahzaabu mim bainihim fawailul lillazeena zalamoo min 'azaabi Yawmin aleem

But the denominations from among them differed [and separated], so woe to those who have wronged from the punishment of a painful Day.

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43:65Ayah 189

7 ayahs in Az-Zukhruf are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

← Previous on Day of Judgment43:39And never will it benefit you that Day, when you have wronged, that you are [all] sharing in the punishment.Next on Day of Judgment →43:66Are they waiting except for the Hour to come upon them suddenly while they perceive not?

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But the factions differed among themselves regarding the status of Jesus was he God or the son of God or the third of Three deities? So woe waylun is a term implying chastisement to those who do wrong those who blaspheme in what they say about Jesus from the chastisement of a painful day.

A group would secede itself (from the Ummah) when there would be dissension among the Muslims. Out of the two groups who would be nearer the truth would kill them.

Sunan Abu Dawud #4599Abu `Amir al-Hawdhani said:Sahih

Mu`awiyah b. Abi Sufiyan stood among us and said: Beware! The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) stood among us and said: Beware! The people of the Book before were split up into seventy two sects, and this community will be split into seventy three: seventy two of them will go to Hell and one of them will go to Paradise, and it is the majority group. Ibn Yahya and `Amr added in their version : “ There will appear among my community people who will be dominated by desires like rabies which penetrates its patient”, `Amr’s version has: “penetrates its patient. There remains no vein and no joint but it penetrates it.”

Sunan Ibn Majah #3730It was narrated from Anas bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Sahih

‘The Children of Israel split into seventy-one sects, and my nation will split into seventy-two, all of which will be in Hell apart from one, which is the main body.”

Sahih Muslim #2343Abu Sa'id al-Khudri reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

There would be two groups in my Ummah, and there would emerge another group (seceding itself from both of them), and the party nearer to the truth among the two would kill them (the group of the Khawarij).

Sunan Ibn Majah #3729It was narrated from ‘Awf bin Malik that the Messenger of Allah(ﷺ) said:Sahih

“The Jews split into seventy-one sects, one of which will be in Paradise and seventy in Hell. The Christians split into seventy-two sects, seventy-one of which will be in Hell and one in Paradise. I swear by the One Whose Hand is the soul of Muhammad, my nation will split into seventy-three sects, one of which will be in Paradise and seventy-two in Hell.” It was said: “O Messenger of Allah, who are they?” He said: “The main body.”