What does Quran 44:36 mean?

Quran 44:36 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, Ayah 36) translates to: "Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful.""

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 44:36 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 44:36?

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi.

What tafsir is available for Quran 44:36?

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

What topics does Quran 44:36 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Resurrection, Day of Judgment, Afterlife, Divine Justice, Hellfire.

Ayah 35

إِنْ هِىَ إِلَّا مَوْتَتُنَا ٱلْأُولَىٰ وَمَا نَحْ...

44:36Ad-Dukhaan

Ayah 37

أَهُمْ خَيْرٌ أَمْ قَوْمُ تُبَّعٍۢ وَٱلَّذِينَ مِن...

فَأْتُوا۟ بِـَٔابَآئِنَآ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Faatoo bi aabaaa'inaaa inkuntum saadiqeen

Then bring [back] our forefathers, if you should be truthful."

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3 ayahs in Ad-Dukhaan are strongly about the Day of Judgment.

← Previous on Day of Judgment44:10Then watch for the Day when the sky will bring a visible smoke.Next on Day of Judgment →44:40Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -

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Bring us then our fathers alive if you are being truthful’ about our being resurrected after we have died that is to say that we will be given life again.

"On the day of Uhud, my father's sister came with my father to bury him in a cemetery of ours. So one of the callers of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called out: 'Return those killed to where they were lying." This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. And (one of the narrators) Nubaih is trustworthy.

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