Which Surah and Juz is Quran 67:27 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Mulk (The Sovereignty), the 67th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 29.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 67:27?

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Jami` at-Tirmidhi.

What tafsir is available for Quran 67:27?

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

What topics does Quran 67:27 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Disbelief, Divine Justice, Prophethood, Accountability.

Ayah 26

قُلْ إِنَّمَا ٱلْعِلْمُ عِندَ ٱللَّهِ وَإِنَّمَآ أ...

67:27Al-Mulk

Q: What does Quran 67:27 mean?

Quran 67:27 (Surah Al-Mulk, Ayah 27) translates to: "But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call.""

Ayah 28

قُلْ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِنْ أَهْلَكَنِىَ ٱللَّهُ وَمَن ...

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةًۭ سِيٓـَٔتْ وُجُوهُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ وَقِيلَ هَٰذَا ٱلَّذِى كُنتُم بِهِۦ تَدَّعُونَ

Falaammaa ra-awhu zulfatan seee'at wujoohul lazeena kafaroo wa qeela haazal lazee kuntum bihee tadda'oon

But when they see it approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."

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Day of Judgment

67:27Ayah 130

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

← Previous on Day of Judgment67:24Say, "It is He who has multiplied you throughout the earth, and to Him you will be gathered."

Tafsir

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But when they see it that is the chastisement after the gathering near at hand the faces of those who disbelieved will be awry blackened and it will be said that is the keepers of Hell will say to them ‘This is that chastisement which the warning of which you used to make claims about’ claims to the effect that you would not be resurrected — this is the narration of a situation that will take place in the future and which has been expressed using the past tense in order to confirm that it will actually take place.

“The Beast will emerge and will have with it the seal of Sulaiman bin Dawud and the staff of Musa bin ‘Imran (as). It will make the faces of the believers shine with the staff, and will mark the noses of the disbelievers with the seal, until the inhabitants of a cluster of houses will gather together; then one will say ‘O believer!’ And to another ‘O disbeliever.’”

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3271Narrated Abu Hurairah:Hasan

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "A beast will emerge from the earth. With it shall be the ring of Sulaiman and the staff of Musa. It will brighten the face of the believer, and stamp the nose of the disbeliever with the ring, such that when the people gather to eat, it will be said to this one: 'O believer! and to that one: 'O disbeliever!'"