What does Quran 69:8 mean?

Quran 69:8 (Surah Al-Haaqqa, Ayah 8) translates to: "Then do you see of them any remains?"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 69:8 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Haaqqa (The Reality), the 69th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 29.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 69:8?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 69:8?

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

Ayah 7

سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍۢ وَثَمَٰنِيَة...

69:8Al-Haaqqa

Q: What topics does Quran 69:8 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Day of Judgment, Destruction of Disbelieving Nations, Warning to Disbelievers, Accountability, Resurrection.

Ayah 9

وَجَآءَ فِرْعَوْنُ وَمَن قَبْلَهُۥ وَٱلْمُؤْتَفِكَ...

فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍۢ

Fahal taraa lahum mim baaqiyah

Then do you see of them any remains?

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Lessons from past peoples

69:8Ayah 152

8 ayahs in Al-Haaqqa are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

← Previous on Lessons from past peoples69:7Which Allah imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm…Next on Lessons from past peoples →69:9And there came Pharaoh and those before him and the overturned cities with sin.

Tafsir

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So do you see any remnant of them? min bāqiyatin this is either the adjectival qualification of an implicit nafs ‘soul’ or the final suffixed tā’ is for hyperbole in other words understand it as fa-hal tarā lahum min bāqin ‘any one remaining?’ No!.

"What remains of it?" She said: "Nothing remains of it except its shoulder." He said: "All of it remains except its shoulder."

Sahih Muslim #2737This hadith pertaining to the wild ass is reported on the authority of Abu Qatada. The rest of the hadith is the same but with this (variation of words) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Sahih

" Is there with you some of its flesh?"

Sahih Muslim #2719'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported:Sahih

I still seem to see; the rest of the hadith is the same.

Sahih Muslim #911This hadith has been narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah from the Apostle (ﷺ) up to the words:Sahih

" The traces of the embers," but he made no mention of what followed afterward.

Sahih Muslim #5786Samura b. Jundab reported that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) had performed his dawn prayer he turned his face towards them (that is towards his Companions) and said:Sahih

Did any one of you see any vision last night?