Which Surah and Juz is Quran 71:24 from?

This ayah is from Surah Nooh (Noah), the 71th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 29.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 71:24?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 71:24?

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

What topics does Quran 71:24 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Guidance, Supplication, Sin, Disbelief, Divine Justice.

Ayah 23

وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَر...

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Q: What does Quran 71:24 mean?

Quran 71:24 (Surah Nooh, Ayah 24) translates to: "And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error.""

Ayah 25

مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟...

وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًۭا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًۭا

Wa qad adalloo kasee ranw wa laa tazidiz zaalimeena illaa dalaalaa

And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."

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Dua

71:24Ayah 128

3 ayahs in Nooh are strongly about dua. This is one of them.

Next on Dua →71:26And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

Tafsir

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View Full Tafsir: Al-Jalalayn on 71:24→

And they have certainly led astray by these gods many people by commanding them to worship them. And do not O God increase the evildoers except in error!’ wa-lā tazidi’l-zālimīna illā dalālan is a supplement to qad adallū ‘they have certainly led astray’ He Noah invoked God against them when it was revealed to him that ‘None of your people will believe except he who has already believed’ Q. 1136.

When:"...and confuse not their belief with wrong." (6.82) was revealed, the Prophet's companions said, "Which of us has not done wrong?" Then there was revealed:-- "Verily joining others in worship with Allah is a tremendous wrong indeed." (31.13)

Sahih Muslim #835Abu Huraira reported from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (a hadith) like it, except the words:Sahih

" Nor of those who err, say Amin" and added:" And don't rise up ahead of him."

Sahih Muslim #6703This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of 'Amr b. al-'As that Abu Bakr Siddiq said to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) Allah's Messenger, teach me a supplication which I should make in my prayer and in my house. The rest of the hadith is the same except with this variation that he said:Sahih

Much wrong (Zulman Kathira).