What does Quran 70:38 mean?

Quran 70:38 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, Ayah 38) translates to: "Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 70:38 from?

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

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan an-Nasa'i, Sahih Muslim.

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

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Paradise, Disbelief, Prophethood, Accountability, Ethical Themes.

أَيَطْمَعُ كُلُّ ٱمْرِئٍۢ مِّنْهُمْ أَن يُدْخَلَ جَنَّةَ نَعِيمٍۢ

Ayatma'u kullum ri'im minhum anyyudkhala jannata Na'eem

Does every person among them aspire to enter a garden of pleasure?

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

11 other themes with weak connections

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Paradise & Hell

70:38Ayah 144

6 ayahs in Al-Ma'aarij are strongly about Paradise and Hell. This is one of them.

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

Does each one of them hope to be admitted into a Garden of Bliss?

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