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سُورَةُ صٓ · 38:85
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لَأَمْلَأَنَّ جَهَنَّمَ مِنكَ وَمِمَّن تَبِعَكَ مِنْهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ

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[That] I will surely fill Hell with you and those of them that follow you all together."

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Introduction

This is āyah 85 of Sūrat Saad (The Letter "Saad"), the 38th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 23. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
38 of 114
Surah
Saad (38)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

(Remember) when your Lord said to the angels: "Truly, I am going to create man from clay. (71)"So, when I have fashioned him and breathed into him (his) soul created by Me, then you fall down prostrate to him. (72)So, the angels prostrated themselves, all of them (73)Except Iblis, he was proud and was one of the disbelievers (74)(Allah) said: "O Iblis! What prevents you from prostrating yourself to one whom I have created with Both My Hands. Are you too proud or are you one of the high exalted? (75)[Iblis] said: "I am better than he. You created me from fire, and You created him from clay. (76)(Allah) said: "Then get out from here; for verily, you are outcast. (77)"And verily, My curse is on you till the Day of Recompense. (78)[Iblis] said: "My Lord! Give me then respite till the Day the (dead) are resurrected. (79)(Allah) said: "Verily, you are of those allowed respite, (80)"Till the Da…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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