Which Surah and Juz is Quran 68:32 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Qalam (The Pen), the 68th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 29.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 68:32?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 68:32?

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

What topics does Quran 68:32 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Divine Justice, Divine Favor, Divine Mercy, Prophethood, Parables in Quran.

Ayah 31

قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ...

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Q: What does Quran 68:32 mean?

Quran 68:32 (Surah Al-Qalam, Ayah 32) translates to: "Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous.""

Ayah 33

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَ...

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ

'Asaa rabbunaaa any yubdilanaa khairam minhaaa innaaa ilaa rabbinaa raaghiboon

Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."

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68:32Ayah 152

2 ayahs in Al-Qalam are strongly about mercy and forgiveness. This is one of them.

Next on Mercy & forgiveness →68:49If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.

Tafsir

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It may be that our Lord will give us in its place read yubaddilanā or yubdilanā one that is better than it. Truly we turn humbly to our Lord’ that He might accept our repentance and give us back a garden that is better than our garden — it is reported that they were indeed given a better one in its place.

If any servant (of Allah) who suffers a calamity says:" We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return; O Allah, reward me for my affliction and give me something better than it in exchange for it," ' Allah will give him reward for affliction, and would give him something better than it in exchange. She (Umm Salama) said: When Abu Salama died. I uttered (these very words) as I was commanded (to do) by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). So Allah gave me better in exchange than him. i. e. (I was taken as the wife of) the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).

Sahih Muslim #2013Umm Salama reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

If any Muslim who suffers some calamity says, what Allah has commanded him," We belong to Allah and to Him shall we return; O Allah, reward me for my affliction and give me something better than it in exchange for it," Allah will give him something better than it in exchange. When Abu Salama died she said: What Muslim is better than Abu Salama whose family was the first to emigrate to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). I then said the words, and Allah gave me God's Messenger (ﷺ) in exchange. She said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent Hatib b. Abu Balta'a to deliver me the message of marriage with him. I said to him: I have a daughter (as my dependant) and I am of jealous temperament. He (the Holy Prophet) said: So far as her daughter is concerned, we would supplicate Allah, that He may free her (of her responsibility) and I would also supplicate Allah to do away with (her) jealous (temperament).

Sunan an-Nasa'i #3790'Amr bin Shu'aib narrated from his father, from his grandfather, that the Messenger of Allah said:Sahih

"Whoever swears an oath, then sees something better than it, let him do that which is better."

Sunan an-Nasa'i #3788It was narrated from Abu Musa that the Prophet said:Sahih

"There is nothing on Earth that I swear an oath upon, and I see that something else is better, but I do that which is better."

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4735A similar report was narrated from 'Alqamah bin Wa'il from his father, from the Prophet. Yahya (one of the narrators) said:Sahih

"He is better than him."