What does Quran 50:28 mean?

Quran 50:28 (Surah Qaaf, Ayah 28) translates to: "[Allah] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the warning."

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 50:28 from?

This ayah is from Surah Qaaf (The letter Qaaf), the 50th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 26.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 50:28?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 50:28?

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

What topics does Quran 50:28 relate to?

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

Ayah 27

۞ قَالَ قَرِينُهُۥ رَبَّنَا مَآ أَطْغَيْتُهُۥ وَلَ...

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Ayah 29

مَا يُبَدَّلُ ٱلْقَوْلُ لَدَىَّ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِظَل...

قَالَ لَا تَخْتَصِمُوا۟ لَدَىَّ وَقَدْ قَدَّمْتُ إِلَيْكُم بِٱلْوَعِيدِ

Qaala laa takhtasimoo ladaayya wa qad qaddamtu ilaikum bilwa'eed

[Allah] will say, "Do not dispute before Me, while I had already presented to you the warning.

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Day of Judgment

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He exalted be He will say ‘Do not dispute in My presence in other words disputing is of no use here for I had already given you in the life of the world the threat of chastisement in the Hereafter should you not believe and so it is now inevitable.

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Leave me with what I left you. When I narrated a Hadith to you, then take it from me. The people before you were only destroyed by their excessive questioning and disagreeing with their Prophets."

Sahih al-Bukhari #2572Narrated Um Salama:Sahih

Once Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "You people present your cases to me and some of you may be more eloquent and persuasive in presenting their argument. So, if I give some one's right to another (wrongly) because of the latter's (tricky) presentation of the case, I am really giving him a piece of fire; so he should not take it."

Sunan Abu Dawud #938Bilal reported that he said :

Messenger of Allah, do not say Amin before me.

Sunan Ibn Majah #4218It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah said to me: 'The sign that you have been permitted to come in is that you raise the curtain and that you hear me speaking quietly, until I forbid you.' (i.e. unless I forbid you)."

Sahih Muslim #5957Abu Huraira reported that he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

Avoid that which I forbid you to do and do that which I command you to do to the best of your capacity. Verily the people before you went to their doom because they had put too many questions to their Prophets and then disagreed with their teachings.