Which Surah and Juz is Quran 9:26 from?

This ayah is from Surah At-Tawba (The Repentance), the 9th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 10.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 9:26?

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

What tafsir is available for Quran 9:26?

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

What topics does Quran 9:26 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Allah, Divine Support, Faith and Belief, Tawhid, Trust in Allah (Tawakkul).

Ayah 25

لَقَدْ نَصَرَكُمُ ٱللَّهُ فِى مَوَاطِنَ كَثِيرَةٍۢ...

9:26At-Tawba

Q: What does Quran 9:26 mean?

Quran 9:26 (Surah At-Tawba, Ayah 26) translates to: "Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the believers and sent down soldiers angels whom you did not see and punished those who disbelieved. And that is the recompense of the disbelievers."

Ayah 27

ثُمَّ يَتُوبُ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ذَٰلِكَ عَلَىٰ م...

ثُمَّ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ سَكِينَتَهُۥ عَلَىٰ رَسُولِهِۦ وَعَلَى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَأَنزَلَ جُنُودًۭا لَّمْ تَرَوْهَا وَعَذَّبَ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ ۚ وَذَٰلِكَ جَزَآءُ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ

Summa anzalal laahu sakeenatahoo 'alaa Rasoolihee wa 'alalmu 'mineena wa anzala junoodal lam tarawhaa wa azzabal lazeena kafaroo; wa zaalika jazaaa'ul kaafireen

Then Allah sent down His tranquillity upon His Messenger and upon the believers and sent down soldiers angels whom you did not see and punished those who disbelieved. And that is the recompense of the disbelievers.

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14 ayahs in At-Tawba are strongly about the Prophet. This is one of them.

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Then God sent down His Spirit of Peace His reassurance upon His Messenger and upon the believers and so they turned back towards the Prophet s after al-‘Abbās called them with his the Prophet’s permission and they fought once again; and He sent down legions of angels you did not see and chastised the disbelievers with slaughter and capture and that is the requital of the disbelievers.

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent some people who were experts in tracking in pursuit of them and they were brought (to him). Allah , the Exalted, then revealed the verse about it : “ The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and his Apostle and strive for mischief through the land.

Sahih Muslim #1748Al-Bara' reported that a person was reciting Surat al-Kahf and there was a horse tied with two ropes at his side, a cloud overshadowed him, and as it began to come nearer and nearer his horse began to take fright from it. He went and mentioned that to the Prophet (ﷺ) in the morning, and he (the Holy Prophet) said:Sahih

That was tranquillity which came down at the recitation of the Qur'an.

Jami` at-Tirmidhi #3348Narrated Anas:Sahih

that eighty people swooped down from the mountain of At-Tan'im to kill the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) during Salat As-Subh, but he captured them and (later) let them go. So Allah revealed the Ayah: And it is He Who has withheld their hands from you and your hands from them (48:24).

Sunan an-Nasa'i #4035It was narrated from Anas that :Sahih

Some people from 'Ukl came to the Prophet sent (men) after them, and they were brought to him. He had their hands and feet cut off, and their eyes gouged out, and he did not have (their wounds) cauterized, and he left them to die. Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: "The recompense of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger."

Sahih al-Bukhari #6153Narrated Ibn Abi `Aufa:Sahih

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) asked for Allah's wrath upon the Ahzab (confederates), saying, "O Allah, the Revealer of the Holy Book, and the One swift at reckoning! Defeat the confederates; Defeat them and shake them."