What does Quran 56:13 mean?

Quran 56:13 (Surah Al-Waaqia, Ayah 13) translates to: "A [large] company of the former peoples"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 56:13 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Waaqia (The Inevitable), the 56th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 27.

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud.

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

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Community of Believers, Prophetic Tradition, Divine Justice.

ثُلَّةٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Sullatum minal awwaleen

A [large] company of the former peoples

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4 other themes with weak connections

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Paradise & Hell

56:13Ayah 196

34 ayahs in Al-Waaqia are strongly about Paradise and Hell.

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a multitude from the former generations thullatun mina’l-awwalīna the subject that is to say a group of individuals from communities of old

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