Which Surah and Juz is Quran 50:42 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 50:42?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Jami` at-Tirmidhi.

What tafsir is available for Quran 50:42?

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

What topics does Quran 50:42 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Al-Haqq, Resurrection, Return to Allah, Death.

Ayah 41

وَٱسْتَمِعْ يَوْمَ يُنَادِ ٱلْمُنَادِ مِن مَّكَانٍ...

50:42Qaaf

Q: What does Quran 50:42 mean?

Quran 50:42 (Surah Qaaf, Ayah 42) translates to: "The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves]."

Ayah 43

إِنَّا نَحْنُ نُحْىِۦ وَنُمِيتُ وَإِلَيْنَا ٱلْمَص...

يَوْمَ يَسْمَعُونَ ٱلصَّيْحَةَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ يَوْمُ ٱلْخُرُوجِ

Yawma yasmaoonas sai hata bilhaqq zaalika yawmul khurooj

The Day they will hear the blast [of the Horn] in truth. That is the Day of Emergence [from the graves].

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Day of Judgment

50:42Ayah 145

9 ayahs in Qaaf are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

← Previous on Day of Judgment50:41And listen on the Day when the Caller will call out from a place that is near -Next on Day of Judgment →50:44On the Day the earth breaks away from them [and they emerge] rapidly; that is a gathering easy for Us.

Tafsir

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On the day yawma substitutes for the previous yawma when they that is all creatures hear the Call of truth of the Resurrection — this will be Isrāfīl’s second blast and it may precede or follow his initial call — that day of the call and the hearing is the day of coming forth from the graves yawma ‘on the day is in the accusative because of an implied yunādī ‘when he will call’ that is to say they will come to know the consequence of their denial.

Death would be brought on the Day of Resurrection. in the form of a white-coloured ram. Abu Kuraib made this addition: Then it would be made to stand between the Paradise and the Hell. So far as the rest of the hadith is concerned there is perfect agreement (between the two narrators) and it would be said to the inmates of Paradise: Do you recognise this? They would raise up their necks and look towards it and say: Yes, ' it is death. Then it would be said to the inmates of Hell-Fire.. Do you recognise this? And they would raise up their necks and look and say: Yes, it is death. Then command would be given for slaughtering that and then it would be said: 0 inmates of Paradise,, there is an everlasting life for you and no death. And then (addressing) to the inmates of the Hell-Fire, it would be said: 0 inmates of Hell-Fire, there is an everlasting living for you and no death. Allah's Messenger (may peace be u@on him) then recited this verse pointing with his hand to this (material) world:" Warn them, this Day of dismay, and when their affairs would be decided and they would be un- mindful and they believe not" (xix. 39).

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2500"'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As said:Hasan

"A Bedouin came to the Prophet (S.a.w) and said: 'What is the Sur?' He said: 'A horn that will be blown into'" This Hadith is Hasan Sahih. It has been reported by more than one narrator from Sulaimãn At-Taimi, and we do not know of it except as his narration.

Sahih Muslim #7026Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as say- ing:Sahih

The perspiration would spread on the Day of Resurrection upon the earth to the extent of seventy cubits and it would reach up to their mouths or up to their ears. Thaur is not sure (which words) he used (mouth or ears).