Which Surah and Juz is Quran 5:30 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Maaida (The Table), the 5th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 6.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 5:30?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 5:30?

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

Ayah 29

إِنِّىٓ أُرِيدُ أَن تَبُوٓأَ بِإِثْمِى وَإِثْمِكَ ...

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Q: What does Quran 5:30 mean?

Quran 5:30 (Surah Al-Maaida, Ayah 30) translates to: "And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers."

Q: What topics does Quran 5:30 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Sin, Loss and Failure, Transgression Wandering Blindly, Story of Adam's Sons, Divine Justice.

Ayah 31

فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابًۭا يَبْحَثُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ ...

فَطَوَّعَتْ لَهُۥ نَفْسُهُۥ قَتْلَ أَخِيهِ فَقَتَلَهُۥ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

Fatawwa'at lahoo nafsu hoo qatla akheehi faqatalahoo fa asbaha minal khaasireen

And his soul permitted to him the murder of his brother, so he killed him and became among the losers.

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8 ayahs in Al-Maaida are strongly about true success. This is one of them.

← Previous on True success & loss5:21O my people, enter the Holy Land which Allah has assigned to you and do not turn back [from fighting in Allah 's cause] and [thus] become losers."Next on True success & loss →5:35O you who have believed, fear Allah and seek the means [of nearness] to Him and strive in His cause that you may succeed.

Tafsir

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Then his soul prompted him it seduced him to slay his brother so he slew him and became one of the losers by slaying him. And he did not know what to do with him because he was the first of the Children of Adam to die on earth and so he carried him on his back.

“No person is killed wrongfully, but a share of responsibility for his blood will be upon, the first son of Adam, because he was the first one to kill.”

Sahih al-Bukhari #3920Narrated Anas bin Malik:Sahih

That when Haram bin Milhan, his uncle was stabbed on the day of Bir Ma'una he sprinkled his blood over his face and his head this way and then said, "I have succeeded, by the Lord of the Ka`ba.'

Sahih al-Bukhari #3915Narrated Jabir:Sahih

The person who killed Khubaib was Abu Sarua (i.e. `Uqba bin Al-Harith).

Sahih Muslim #6161Anas reported that Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) did not enter the house of any woman except that of his wives and that of Umm Sulaim. He used to visit her. It was said to him why it was so, whereupon he said:Sahih

I feel great compassion for her. Her brother was killed while he was with me.