Which Surah and Juz is Quran 6:23 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-An'aam (The Cattle), the 6th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 7.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 6:23?

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 6:23?

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

What topics does Quran 6:23 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Allah, Rejection of Polytheism, Accountability, False Oaths.

Ayah 22

وَيَوْمَ نَحْشُرُهُمْ جَمِيعًۭا ثُمَّ نَقُولُ لِلَ...

6:23Al-An'aam

Q: What does Quran 6:23 mean?

Quran 6:23 (Surah Al-An'aam, Ayah 23) translates to: "Then there will be no [excuse upon] examination except they will say, "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who associated.""

Ayah 24

ٱنظُرْ كَيْفَ كَذَبُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۚ وَضَ...

ثُمَّ لَمْ تَكُن فِتْنَتُهُمْ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوا۟ وَٱللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ

Summa lam takun fitnatuhum illaaa an qaaloo wallaahi Rabbinaa maa kunnaa mushrikeen

Then there will be no [excuse upon] examination except they will say, "By Allah, our Lord, we were not those who associated."

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6:23Ayah 1165

22 ayahs in Al-An'aam are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

← Previous on Day of Judgment6:22And [mention, O Muhammad], the Day We will gather them all together; then We will say to those who associated others with Allah,Next on Day of Judgment →6:24See how they will lie about themselves. And lost from them will be what they used to invent.

Tafsir

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Then their dissension read accusative fitnatahum or nominative fitnatuhum their apology was read lam takun or lam yakun only to say in other words was only their saying ‘By God our Lord read rabbinā as an adjective of wa’Llāhi ‘by God’ or rabbanā as a vocative we were never idolaters’.

Related Hadiths

Sahih Muslim #1462Sahih

This hadith has been narrated by Qatada, but here no mention has been made of" There is no explation for it except this."

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