What does Quran 78:35 mean?

Quran 78:35 (Surah An-Naba, Ayah 35) translates to: "No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 78:35 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Naba (The Announcement), the 78th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 78:35?

Yes — there are 3 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud, Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 78:35?

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

What topics does Quran 78:35 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Paradise, Truthfulness, Taqwa, Spiritual Purification, Divine Reward.

Ayah 34

وَكَأْسًۭا دِهَاقًۭا...

78:35An-Naba

Ayah 36

جَزَآءًۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ عَطَآءً حِسَابًۭا...

لَّا يَسْمَعُونَ فِيهَا لَغْوًۭا وَلَا كِذَّٰبًۭا

Laa yasma'oona fiha lagh waw walaa kizzaba

No ill speech will they hear therein or any falsehood -

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Paradise & Hell91 Justice & honesty75

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78:35Ayah 140

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Tafsir

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They will not hear in it that is in Paradise when they drink wine and in other situations any vain talk any words of falsehood or lies between one another read kidhāban to mean kadhiban ‘lies’ or kidhdhāban to mean takdhīban ‘lying’ in contrast to what happens in this world when wine is drunk

"Lying and swearing have a place on i." 'Abd Allah al-Zuhri said: "Unprofitable speech and lying."

Sunan Ibn Majah #3923It was narrated from Anas that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“There is never any obscenity in a thing, but it mars it, and there is never any modesty in a thing, but it adorns it.”

Sahih Muslim #5653Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Sahih

There is no transitive disease, no divination, but I like good words.