What does Quran 44:29 mean?

Quran 44:29 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, Ayah 29) translates to: "And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved."

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 44:29 from?

This ayah is from Surah Ad-Dukhaan (The Smoke), the 44th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 25.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 44:29?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sahih Muslim, Sunan an-Nasa'i.

What tafsir is available for Quran 44:29?

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

What topics does Quran 44:29 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Divine Justice, Pharaoh, Day of Judgment, Historical Events, Divine Testing.

Ayah 28

كَذَٰلِكَ ۖ وَأَوْرَثْنَٰهَا قَوْمًا ءَاخَرِينَ...

44:29Ad-Dukhaan

Ayah 30

وَلَقَدْ نَجَّيْنَا بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِيلَ مِنَ ٱلْع...

فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلسَّمَآءُ وَٱلْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُنظَرِينَ

Famaa bakat 'alaihimus samaaa'u wal ardu wa maa kaanoo munzareen

And the heaven and earth wept not for them, nor were they reprieved.

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Lessons from past peoples

44:29Ayah 159

11 ayahs in Ad-Dukhaan are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

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Tafsir

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So neither the heaven nor the earth wept for them — in contrast to the case with believers at the point of whose death weep both their places of prayer on earth and the route by which their deeds ascend the heaven; nor were they reprieved nor were they deferred until they were able to make repentance.

The martyrs of Uhud were not washed, and they were buried with their blood. No prayer was offered over them.

Sahih Muslim #4225Anas b. Malik reported that some people of the tribe of 'Ukl or 'Uraina came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), and they found the climate of Medina uncogenial. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) commanded them to the milch she-camels and commanded them to drink their urine and their milk. The rest of the hadith is the same (and the concluding words are):Sahih

" Their eyes were pierced, and they were thrown on the stony ground. They were asking for water, but they were not given water."

Sahih Muslim #6198Sahih

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Jabir through another chain of transmitters, but with this difference that there is no mention of the Angels and the weeping of a female mourner.

Sunan an-Nasa'i #1853It was narrated from Ibn 'Umar, from 'Umar, that the Prophet said:Sahih

"The deceased is punished due to the weeping of his family for him."

Sahih al-Bukhari #1207Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:Sahih

When my father was martyred, I lifted the sheet from his face and wept and the people forbade me to do so but the Prophet (ﷺ) did not forbid me. Then my aunt Fatima began weeping and the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "It is all the same whether you weep or not. The angels were shading him continuously with their wings till you shifted him (from the field). "