What does Quran 79:25 mean?

Quran 79:25 (Surah An-Naazi'aat, Ayah 25) translates to: "So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression]."

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 79:25 from?

This ayah is from Surah An-Naazi'aat (Those who drag forth), the 79th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 30.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 79:25?

Yes — there are 5 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sunan Abu Dawud.

What tafsir is available for Quran 79:25?

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

What topics does Quran 79:25 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Divine Punishment, Allah, Opposition to Prophets, Taqwa, Prophet Musa.

Ayah 24

فَقَالَ أَنَا۠ رَبُّكُمُ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ...

79:25An-Naazi'aat

Ayah 26

إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَعِبْرَةًۭ لِّمَن يَخْشَىٰٓ...

فَأَخَذَهُ ٱللَّهُ نَكَالَ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ وَٱلْأُولَىٰٓ

Fa-akha zahul laahu nakalal aakhirati wal-oola.

So Allah seized him in exemplary punishment for the last and the first [transgression].

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So God seized him He destroyed him by drowning him as punishment for the latter that is to say these last words of his and for the former that is to say his saying previously ‘I do not know of any god for you other than me’ Q. 2838 — and between the two claims made by Pharaoh was an interval of forty years.

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "O Allah! You made the first of the Quraish taste punishment, so let the last of them taste blessings."

Sahih al-Bukhari #4418Narrated Aisha:Sahih

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "I saw Hell and its different portions were consuming each other and saw `Amr dragging his intestines (in it), and he was the first person to establish the tradition of letting animals loose (for the idols).

Sunan Abu Dawud #5268Abu Hurairah reported Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying :

An ant stung a prophet. He ordered a colony of ants to be burned. Allah revealed to him : because an ant stung you, you have perished a community which glorifies Me.

Sunan Abu Dawud #4449Al-Bara’ b. Azib said:Sahih

The people passed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) with a jew whose face blackened with charcoal and he was being taken around. He adjured them by Allah and asked: What is the prescribed punishment for a fornicator in your Divine book? He (the narrator) said: They referred him to a man of them. The Prophet (ﷺ) adjured him and asked: What is the punishment for a fornication in your Divine Book? He replied: Stoning. But fornication spread among our people of rank, so we disliked that a person of rank should be left alone and the punishment be inflicted on one who is lower in rank than him. So we suspended it for us. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) then commanded regarding him and he was stoned to death. He then said: O Allah! I am the first to give life to a command of Thy Book which they had killed.

Sahih al-Bukhari #4339Narrated Ibn `Abbas:Sahih

The last Verse (in the Qur'an) revealed to the Prophet (ﷺ) was the Verse dealing with usury (i.e. Riba).