What does Quran 44:41 mean?

Quran 44:41 (Surah Ad-Dukhaan, Ayah 41) translates to: "The Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 44:41 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 44:41?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 44:41?

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

What topics does Quran 44:41 relate to?

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

Ayah 40

إِنَّ يَوْمَ ٱلْفَصْلِ مِيقَٰتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ...

44:41Ad-Dukhaan

Ayah 42

إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ٱللَّهُ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ هُوَ ٱلْعَزِ...

يَوْمَ لَا يُغْنِى مَوْلًى عَن مَّوْلًۭى شَيْـًۭٔا وَلَا هُمْ يُنصَرُونَ

Yawma laa yughnee mawlan 'am mawlan shai'anw wa laa hum yunsaroon

The Day when no relation will avail a relation at all, nor will they be helped -

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Day of Judgment

44:41Ayah 159

3 ayahs in Ad-Dukhaan are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

← Previous on Day of Judgment44:40Indeed, the Day of Judgement is the appointed time for them all -

Tafsir

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the day when a friend will not avail a friend on account of kinship or friendship that is to say the day when he will not be able to ward off from the other anything of the chastisement nor will they be helped — nor will they be protected from it yawma ‘the day’ is a substitution for yawma’l-fasl ‘the Day of Decision’

A family which has no dates will be hungry.

Sahih Muslim #6374Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

There should be no estranged relations beyond three days.

Sahih Muslim #5645Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

There is no transitive disease, no huma, no star promising rain, no safar.

Sahih Muslim #3728Ibn Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

There is no transaction between two persons entering a transaction until they separate, but only when there is an option to annul it.