What does Quran 56:37 mean?

Quran 56:37 (Surah Al-Waaqia, Ayah 37) translates to: "Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 56:37 from?

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

Are there hadiths related to Quran 56:37?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan an-Nasa'i.

What tafsir is available for Quran 56:37?

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

Ayah 36

فَجَعَلْنَٰهُنَّ أَبْكَارًا...

56:37Al-Waaqia

Q: What topics does Quran 56:37 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Paradise, Reward of the Righteous, Divine Justice, Righteousness, Divine Favor.

Ayah 38

لِّأَصْحَٰبِ ٱلْيَمِينِ...

عُرُبًا أَتْرَابًۭا

'Uruban atraabaa

Devoted [to their husbands] and of equal age,

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56:37Ayah 196

34 ayahs in Al-Waaqia are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.

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amorous read ‘uruban or ‘urban plural of ‘arūb meaning ‘a woman passionately enamoured of her spouse’ of equal age atrāb is the plural of tirb

" from the food of her husband".

Sahih Muslim #1434This hadith has been narrated with the same chain of transmitters, but al-Hadra' made this addition:Sahih

" They both were equal in recitation."

Sahih Muslim #3317Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade a person to combine in marriage a womanarid her father's sister, and a woman and her mother's sister. Ibn Shihab said:Sahih

So we regarded the paternal aunt of her (wife's) father and the maternal aunt of her (wife's) father at the same level.

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4226It was narrated from Umm Kurz that the Messenger of Allah said:Hasan

"For a boy two sheep, Mukafaatan (of equal age), and for a girl, one sheep,

Sunan an-Nasa'i #3297It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah forbade being married to four kinds of women at the same time:Sahih

a woman and her paternal aunt or a woman and her maternal aunt.

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