What does Quran 70:10 mean?

Quran 70:10 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, Ayah 10) translates to: "And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 70:10 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Ma'aarij (The Ascending Stairways), the 70th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 29.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 70:10?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan Ibn Majah.

What tafsir is available for Quran 70:10?

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

What topics does Quran 70:10 relate to?

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

Ayah 9

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ...

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Ayah 11

يُبَصَّرُونَهُمْ ۚ يَوَدُّ ٱلْمُجْرِمُ لَوْ يَفْتَ...

وَلَا يَسْـَٔلُ حَمِيمٌ حَمِيمًۭا

Wa laa yas'alu hameemun hameemaa

And no friend will ask [anything of] a friend,

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6 ayahs in Al-Ma'aarij are strongly about the Day of Judgment. This is one of them.

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And no friend will inquire about his friend no relative will inquire about his relative each being preoccupied with his own predicament.

" Or he may feed the friend withoiut hoarding from it" and he made no mention of what follows.

Sahih Muslim #6369This hadith has been narrated through another chain of transmitters and the hadith transmitted on the authority of Abd al-Razziq (the words are):Sahih

" Neither nurse grudge nor sever (the ties of kinship), nor nurse enmity."

Sunan Abu Dawud #1644Thawban, the client of the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him), reported him as saying :Sahih

If anyone guarantees me that he will not beg from people, I will guarantee him Paradise. Thawban said : I (will not beg). He never asked anyone for anything.

Sahih Muslim #5539Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

None should make one'& brother stand and then sit at his place (and it was common with) Ibn Umar that when any person stood in the company (with a view to making room for him) he did not sit there.

Sunan Ibn Majah #1906lt was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:Sahih

"A man is not to undersell his brother, nor is he to fry to outhaggle his brother."

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