Which Surah and Juz is Quran 58:18 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Mujaadila (The Pleading Woman), the 58th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 28.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 58:18?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 58:18?

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

What topics does Quran 58:18 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Allah, False Oaths, Hypocrisy, Divine Judgment.

Ayah 17

لَّن تُغْنِىَ عَنْهُمْ أَمْوَٰلُهُمْ وَلَآ أَوْلَٰ...

58:18Al-Mujaadila

Q: What does Quran 58:18 mean?

Quran 58:18 (Surah Al-Mujaadila, Ayah 18) translates to: "On the Day Allah will resurrect them all, and they will swear to Him as they swear to you and think that they are [standing] on something. Unquestionably, it is they who are the liars."

Ayah 19

ٱسْتَحْوَذَ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلشَّيْطَٰنُ فَأَنسَىٰهُمْ ...

يَوْمَ يَبْعَثُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ جَمِيعًۭا فَيَحْلِفُونَ لَهُۥ كَمَا يَحْلِفُونَ لَكُمْ ۖ وَيَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ عَلَىٰ شَىْءٍ ۚ أَلَآ إِنَّهُمْ هُمُ ٱلْكَٰذِبُونَ

Yawma yab'asuhumul laahujamee'an fa yahlifoona lahoo kamaa yahlifoona lakum wa yahsaboona annahum 'alaa shai'; alaaa innahum humul kaaziboon

On the Day Allah will resurrect them all, and they will swear to Him as they swear to you and think that they are [standing] on something. Unquestionably, it is they who are the liars.

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58:18Ayah 122

4 ayahs in Al-Mujaadila are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

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Tafsir

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Mention the day when God will raise them all together whereupon they will swear to Him that they are believers just as they swear to you now and suppose that they are standing on something beneficial by swearing in Hereafter just as they supposed it to have been beneficial for them in this world. Yet assuredly it is they who are the liars!

“The Day when (all) mankind will stand before the Lord of all that exists.” One of them will stand in his sweat up to halfway up his ears.”

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3420Ibn Umar narrated from the Prophet:Da'if

‘They Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of all that exists.’ He said: “One of them will be standing in sweat up to the middle of his ears.”

Sahih Muslim #4399This hadith has been narrated by another chain of transmitters on the authority of the same narrator, with the wording:Sahih

Allah will set up a flag for every person guilty of breach of faith on the Day of Judgment, and it will be announced: Look, this is the perfidy of so and so.

Sahih Muslim #4397It has been narrated on the authority of Ibn 'Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Sahih

When Allah will gather together, on the Day of Judgment, all the earlier and later generations of mankind, a flag will be raised (to mark off) every person guilty of breach of faith, and it will be announced that this is the perfidy of so and so, son of so and so (to attract the attention of people to his guilt).

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3419Hammad bin Zaid narrated from Ayub, from Nafi, from Ibn Umar:Da'if

The Day when mankind will stand before the Lord of all tat exists He said: “They will be standing in sweat up to the middle of their ear.” – Hammas said: To us it is Marfu - .