What does Quran 70:40 mean?

Quran 70:40 (Surah Al-Ma'aarij, Ayah 40) translates to: "So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 70:40 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 Ibn Majah, Sunan Abu Dawud.

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: Creation, Divine Power, Tawhid, Prophethood, Accountability.

فَلَآ أُقْسِمُ بِرَبِّ ٱلْمَشَٰرِقِ وَٱلْمَغَٰرِبِ إِنَّا لَقَٰدِرُونَ

Falaaa uqsimu bi Rabbil mashaariqi wal maghaaribi innaa laqaadiroon

So I swear by the Lord of [all] risings and settings that indeed We are able

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

3 other themes with weak connections

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Signs in creation

70:40Ayah 144

No ayah in Al-Ma'aarij is strongly about signs in creation.

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For verily fa-lā lā is extra I swear by the Lord of the rising-places and the setting-places of the sun the moon and all the stars that We are able

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