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Surah Al-Hijr, Verse 91

سورة الحجر، الآية ٩١

15:91 Juz 14 Hizb 27 Page 267 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 15:91

ٱلَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا۟ ٱلْقُرْءَانَ عِضِينَ ۝٩١

Transliteration

alladhīna jaʿalū l-qur'āna ʿiḍīna

Translation

Who have made the Qur’ān into portions.686

Notes

[686] Accepting part and rejecting part according to their own inclinations.

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Verse 91 of Surah Al-Hijr (15:91), a Meccan surah, is in juz 14, on page 267 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 91

Al-Mukhtasar

Those who accepts parts of the Qur’ān and allege other parts to be sorcery, soothsaying or poetry.

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Other translations of verse 91

those who split the Qur’an into different portions49.

Notes

[49] i.e., calling it magic, divination, or poetry.

Who have made the Qur’ân into parts. (i.e. believed in one part and disbelieved in the other). [Tafsir At-Tabari]

Those who break the Qur'an into parts.

(So also on such) as have made Qur'an into shreds (as they please).

Those who made the Quran into shreds.

Who have made the Qur'an into fragments.

Verse 91 word by word

  1. ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna Those who
  2. جَعَلُوا۟ jaʿalū have made ج ع ل
  3. ٱلْقُرْءَانَ l-qur'āna the Quran ق ر أ
  4. عِضِينَ ʿiḍīna (in) parts ع ض و

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3945

They, the people of the Scriptures, divided this Scripture into parts, believing in some portions of it and disbelieving the others. (See 15:91)

هُمْ أَهْلُ الْكِتَابِ، جَزَّءُوهُ أَجْزَاءً، فَآمَنُوا بِبَعْضِهِ وَكَفَرُوا بِبَعْضِهِ‏.‏ ‏{‏يَعْنِي قَوْلَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى ‏‏{‏الَّذِينَ جَعَلُوا الْقُرْآنَ عِضِينَ ‏}‏

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Verses related to verse 91

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • An-Naml 27:46

    قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ لِمَ تَسْتَعْجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبْلَ ٱلْحَسَنَةِ لَوْلَا تَسْتَغْفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُرْحَمُونَ

    He said, "O my people, why are you impatient for evil before [i.e., instead of] good? Why do you not seek forgiveness of Allāh that you may receive mercy?"

  • An-Nahl 16:38

    وَأَقْسَمُوا۟ بِٱللَّهِ جَهْدَ أَيْمَٰنِهِمْ لَا يَبْعَثُ ٱللَّهُ مَن يَمُوتُ بَلَىٰ وَعْدًا عَلَيْهِ حَقًّا وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ ٱلنَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

    And they swear by Allāh their strongest oaths [that] Allāh will not resurrect one who dies. But yes - [it is] a true promise [binding] upon Him, but most of the people do not know.

  • Ibrahim 14:44

    وَأَنذِرِ ٱلنَّاسَ يَوْمَ يَأْتِيهِمُ ٱلْعَذَابُ فَيَقُولُ ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ رَبَّنَآ أَخِّرْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ قَرِيبٍ نُّجِبْ دَعْوَتَكَ وَنَتَّبِعِ ٱلرُّسُلَ أَوَلَمْ تَكُونُوٓا۟ أَقْسَمْتُم مِّن قَبْلُ مَا لَكُم مِّن زَوَالٍ

    And, [O Muḥammad], warn the people of a Day when the punishment will come to them and those who did wrong will say, "Our Lord, delay us for a short term; we will answer Your call and follow the messengers." [But it will be said], "Had you not sworn, before, that for you there would be no cessation?

  • Al-A’raf 7:49

    أَهَٰٓؤُلَآءِ ٱلَّذِينَ أَقْسَمْتُمْ لَا يَنَالُهُمُ ٱللَّهُ بِرَحْمَةٍ ٱدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ لَا خَوْفٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وَلَآ أَنتُمْ تَحْزَنُونَ

    [Allāh will say], "Are these the ones whom you [inhabitants of Hell] swore that Allāh would never offer them mercy? Enter Paradise, [O people of the Elevations]. No fear will there be concerning you, nor will you grieve."

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