Which Surah and Juz is Quran 47:22 from?

This ayah is from Surah Muhammad (Muhammad), the 47th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 26.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 47:22?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 47:22?

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

What topics does Quran 47:22 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Corruption on Earth, Family, Social Ethics, Accountability, Divine Justice.

Ayah 21

طَاعَةٌۭ وَقَوْلٌۭ مَّعْرُوفٌۭ ۚ فَإِذَا عَزَمَ ٱل...

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Q: What does Quran 47:22 mean?

Quran 47:22 (Surah Muhammad, Ayah 22) translates to: "So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?"

Ayah 23

أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَعَنَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ فَأَصَمَ...

فَهَلْ عَسَيْتُمْ إِن تَوَلَّيْتُمْ أَن تُفْسِدُوا۟ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَتُقَطِّعُوٓا۟ أَرْحَامَكُمْ

Fahal 'asaitum in tawallaitum an tufsidoo fil ardi wa tuqatti'ooo arhaamakum

So would you perhaps, if you turned away, cause corruption on earth and sever your [ties of] relationship?

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May it not be the case with you read ‘asītum or ‘asaytum; there is a shift here from the third person to the second person address that if you were to turn away if you were to shun faith you would then cause corruption in the land and sever your kinship ties? in other words that you would then return to the ways of pagandom such as belligerence and fighting.

Verily Allah created the universe and when He had finished that, ties of relationship came forward and said This is the place for him who seeks refuge from severing (of blood-relationship). He said: Yes. Are you not satisfied that I should keep relationship with one who joins your ties of relationship and sever it with one who severs your (ties of relationship)? They (the ties of blood) said: Certainly so. Thereupon He said: Well, that is how things are for you. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) then said: Recite if you like:" But if you turn away you are sure to make mischief in the land and cut off the ties of kinship. Those it is whom Allah has cursed, so He has made them deaf and blinded their eyes. Do they not reflect on the Qur'an? Or, are there locks on their hearts?".

Sahih Muslim #6361Jubair b. Mutlim reported that his father narrated to him that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Sahih

The severer of the tie of kinship would not get into Paradise.

Sahih Muslim #6360Jubair b. Mut'im reported on the authority of his father that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:Sahih

The severer would not enter Paradise. Ibn Umar said that Sufyan (explained it as): One who severs the tie of kinship would not enter Paradise.