Which Surah and Juz is Quran 7:40 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-A'raaf (The Heights), the 7th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 8.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 7:40?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 7:40?

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

What topics does Quran 7:40 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Denial of Truth, Arrogance, Paradise, Divine Punishment, Justice.

Ayah 39

وَقَالَتْ أُولَىٰهُمْ لِأُخْرَىٰهُمْ فَمَا كَانَ ل...

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Q: What does Quran 7:40 mean?

Quran 7:40 (Surah Al-A'raaf, Ayah 40) translates to: "Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle. And thus do We recompense the criminals."

Ayah 41

لَهُم مِّن جَهَنَّمَ مِهَادٌۭ وَمِن فَوْقِهِمْ غَو...

إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ كَذَّبُوا۟ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ عَنْهَا لَا تُفَتَّحُ لَهُمْ أَبْوَٰبُ ٱلسَّمَآءِ وَلَا يَدْخُلُونَ ٱلْجَنَّةَ حَتَّىٰ يَلِجَ ٱلْجَمَلُ فِى سَمِّ ٱلْخِيَاطِ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِى ٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Innal lazeena kazzaboo bi Aayaatinaa wastakbaroo 'anhaa laa tufattahu lahum ahwaabus samaaa'i wa laa yadkhuloonal jannata hattaa yalijal jamalu fee sammil khiyaat; wa kazaalika najzil mujrimeen

Indeed, those who deny Our verses and are arrogant toward them - the gates of Heaven will not be opened for them, nor will they enter Paradise until a camel enters into the eye of a needle. And thus do We recompense the criminals.

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18 ayahs in Al-A'raaf are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.

← Previous on Paradise & Hell7:39And the first of them will say to the last of them, "Then you had not any favor over us, so taste the punishment for what you used to earn."Next on Paradise & Hell →7:41They will have from Hell a bed and over them coverings [of fire]. And thus do We recompense the wrongdoers.

Tafsir

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Those who deny Our signs and scorn them not believing in them indeed the gates of heaven shall not be opened for them when their spirits are carried up to it after death for instead they are taken down into Sijjīn cf. Q. 837f. — in contrast to the believer for whom the gates are opened and his spirit is carried up into the seventh heaven as is stated in one hadīth — nor shall they enter Paradise until the camel passes through the eye of the needle which is impossible and so is their entry into Paradise. So with this requital We requite those who are sinful through disbelief.

A mischief-maker will not enter paradise.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2031-Abu Bakr As-Siddiq narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:Da'if

"The swindler, the stingy person, and the Mannan shall not enter Paradise."

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #2066Abdullah narrated that the Messenger of Allah said:Sahih

"Whoever has a mustard seed's weight of pride (arrogance) in his heart, shall not be admitted into Paradise. And whoever has a mustard seed's weight of faith in his heart, shall not be admitted into the Fire."

Sahih Muslim #173It is narrated on the authority of 'Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) observed:Sahih

He who has in his heart the weight of a mustard seed of pride shall not enter Paradise.

Sunan Ibn Majah #3911It was narrated from ‘Abdullah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:Sahih

“No one will enter Paradise who has pride in his heart equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed, and no one will enter Hell who has faith in his heart equal to the weight of a grain of mustard seed.”