Which Surah and Juz is Quran 5:79 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 5:79?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 5:79?

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

Ayah 78

لُعِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ مِنۢ بَنِىٓ إِسْرَٰٓءِي...

5:79Al-Maaida

Q: What does Quran 5:79 mean?

Quran 5:79 (Surah Al-Maaida, Ayah 79) translates to: "They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing."

Q: What topics does Quran 5:79 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Children of Israel, Transgression Wandering Blindly, Divine Displeasure, Divine Revelation, Moral Corruption.

Ayah 80

تَرَىٰ كَثِيرًۭا مِّنْهُمْ يَتَوَلَّوْنَ ٱلَّذِينَ...

كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍۢ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

Kaanoo laa yatanaahawna 'am munkarin fa'aluhoo; labi'sa maa kaanoo yafa'loon

They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.

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26 ayahs in Al-Maaida are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples5:78Cursed were those who disbelieved among the Children of Israel by the tongue of David and of Jesus, the son of Mary.Next on Lessons from past peoples →5:102A people asked such [questions] before you; then they became thereby disbelievers.

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They did not prevent one another that is one would not forbid the other from committing again any indecency that they committed; verily evil was what they used to do verily evil was this deed of theirs.

One of the things people have learnt from the words of the earliest prophecy is : If you have no shame, do what you like.

Sahih Muslim #583This hadith is transmitted from A'mash by Abmad b. Yusuf al-Azdi, Mu'alla b. Asad, Abd al-Wahid, Sulaiman with the same chain of transmitters but for the words:Sahih

" The other did not keep himself safe from being defiled by urine."

Sunan Abu Dawud #4869Sa’id b. al-musayyab said :Sahih

‘Umar b. al-khattab and ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan used to do that.