Which Surah and Juz is Quran 51:52 from?

This ayah is from Surah Adh-Dhaariyat (The Winnowing Winds), the 51th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 27.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 51:52?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 51:52?

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

Ayah 51

وَلَا تَجْعَلُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۖ ...

51:52Adh-Dhaariyat

Q: What does Quran 51:52 mean?

Quran 51:52 (Surah Adh-Dhaariyat, Ayah 52) translates to: "Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman.""

Q: What topics does Quran 51:52 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Prophethood, Denial of Messengers, Prophets, Transgression Wandering Blindly, Patience.

Ayah 53

أَتَوَاصَوْا۟ بِهِۦ ۚ بَلْ هُمْ قَوْمٌۭ طَاغُونَ...

كَذَٰلِكَ مَآ أَتَى ٱلَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِم مِّن رَّسُولٍ إِلَّا قَالُوا۟ سَاحِرٌ أَوْ مَجْنُونٌ

Kazaalika maaa atal lazeena min qablihim mir Rasoolin illaa qaaloo saahirun aw majnoon

Similarly, there came not to those before them any messenger except that they said, "A magician or a madman."

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20 ayahs in Adh-Dhaariyat are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples51:46And [We destroyed] the people of Noah before; indeed, they were a people defiantly disobedient.

Tafsir

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Thus there did not come to those who were before them any messenger but they said that he was ‘A sorcerer or a madman!’ in other words their denial of you by saying that you are a sorcerer or a madman was like the denial of communities before them of their messengers by saying that same thing.

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'The Magicians of this Ummah are those who deny the decrees of Allah. If they fall sick, do not visit them; if they die, do not attend their funerals; and if you meet them, do not greet them with Salam.'"

Sahih al-Bukhari #5978Narrated `Aisha:Sahih

Some people asked Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) about the fore-tellers. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to them, "They are nothing (i.e., liars)." The people said, 'O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) ! Sometimes they tell something which comes out to be true." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "That word which comes to be true is what a jinx snatches away by stealing and then pours it in the ear of his fore-teller with a sound similar to the cackle of a hen, and then they add to it one-hundred lies."

Sahih Muslim #1488Sahih

A hadith like this has been narrated by the same chain of transmitters.