Which Surah and Juz is Quran 5:39 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 5:39?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 5:39?

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

What topics does Quran 5:39 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Repentance, Forgiveness, Ar-Raheem, Al-Ghafur, Allah.

Ayah 38

وَٱلسَّارِقُ وَٱلسَّارِقَةُ فَٱقْطَعُوٓا۟ أَيْدِيَ...

5:39Al-Maaida

Q: What does Quran 5:39 mean?

Quran 5:39 (Surah Al-Maaida, Ayah 39) translates to: "But whoever repents after his wrongdoing and reforms, indeed, Allah will turn to him in forgiveness. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."

Ayah 40

أَلَمْ تَعْلَمْ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَهُۥ مُلْكُ ٱلسَّمَ...

فَمَن تَابَ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ظُلْمِهِۦ وَأَصْلَحَ فَإِنَّ ٱللَّهَ يَتُوبُ عَلَيْهِ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌۭ رَّحِيمٌ

Faman taaba mim ba'di zulmihee wa aslaha fa innal laaha yatoobu 'alaih; innal laaha Ghafoorur Raheem

But whoever repents after his wrongdoing and reforms, indeed, Allah will turn to him in forgiveness. Indeed, Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

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4 ayahs in Al-Maaida are strongly about repentance. This is one of them.

← Previous on Repentance5:34Except for those who return [repenting] before you apprehend them. And know that Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.Next on Repentance →5:74So will they not repent to Allah and seek His forgiveness? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.

Tafsir

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But whoever repents after his evildoing refrains from theft and amends his actions God will relent to him. God is indeed Forgiving Merciful in expressing what has been stated. However the rights of the victim to have the penalty of amputation carried out and his property restored are not automatically forgone after repentance. In fact as is clarified in the Sunna only if he is pardoned before being taken to the Imam is the punishment of amputation waived and al-Shāfi‘ī is of this opinion.

Whatever you assert and whatever you call to is indeed good. But if you inform us that there is atonement of our past deeds (then we would embrace Islam). Then it was revealed: And those who call not unto another god along with Allah and slay not any soul which Allah has forbidden except in the cause of justice, nor commit fornication; and he who does this shall meet the requital of sin. Multiplied for him shall be the torment on the Day of Resurrection, and he shall therein abide disgraced, except him who repents a believes and does good deeds. Then these! for the Allah shall change their vices into virtues. Verily Allah is Ever Forgiving, Merciful (xxv. 68-70). Say thou: O my bondsmen woo have committed extravagance against themselves despair not of the Mercy of Allah I Verily Allah will forgive the sins altogether. He is indeed the Forgiving, the Merciful (xxxix. 53).

Sahih Muslim #6694Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as say- ing:Sahih

He who seeks repentance (from the Lord) before the rising of the sun from the west (before the Day of Resurrection), Allah turns to him with Mercy.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3621Ibn `Umar narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:Hasan

“Indeed Allah accepts the repentance of a slave as long as (his soul does not reach his throat).”

Sunan Abu Dawud #1518Narrated Zayd, the client of the Prophet:Sahih

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone says: "I ask pardon of Allah than Whom there is no deity, the Living, the eternal, and I turn to Him in repentance," he will be pardoned, even if he has fled in time of battle.

Sahih Muslim #6783Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

Allah is more pleased with the repentance of His servant when he turns penitently towards Him than one of you would be on finding the lost camel.