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Surah Al-Qamar

The Moon

Chapter 54 of 114

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Surah Al-Qamar

Recited by Salaah Bukhaatir

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The Surah takes its name Ad-Duha from the very first word.

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Surah 54 of 114

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Salaah Bukhaatir

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<h2>Name</h2>
<p>The Surah takes its name <em>Ad-Duha</em> from the very first word.</p>
<h2>Period of Revelation</h2>
<p>Its subject matter clearly indicates that it belongs to the earliest period at Makkah. Traditions also show that the revelations were suspended for a time, which caused the Holy Prophet (upon whom be Allah's peace) to be deeply distressed and grieved. On this account he felt very anxious that perhaps he had committed some error because of which his Lord had become angry with him and had forsaken him. Thereupon he was given the consolation that revelation had not been stopped because of some displeasure but this was necessitated by the same expediency as underlies the peace and stillness of the night after the bright day, as if to say: "If you had continuously been exposed to the intensely bright light of Revelation (<em>Wahi</em>) your nerves could not have endured it. Therefore, an interval was given in order to afford you peace and tranquility." This state was experienced by the Holy Prophet in the initial stage of the Prophethood when he was not yet accustomed to hear the
intensity of Revelation. On this basis, observance of a pause in between was necessary. This we have already explained in the introduction to Surah Al Muddaththir; and in E. N. 5 of Surah Al-Muzzammil also we have explained what great burden of the coming down of Revelation he had to bear. Later, when the Holy Prophet developed the power to bear this burden, there was no longer any need for long gaps.</p>
<h2>Theme and Subject Matter</h2>
<p>Its theme is to console the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) and its object to remove his anxiety and distress, which he had been caused by the suspension of Revelation. First of all, swearing an oath by the bright morning and the stillness of night, he has been reassured, so as to say: "Your Lord has not at all forsaken you, nor is he displeased with you." Then, he has been given the good news that the hardships that he was experiencing in the initial stage of his mission, would not last long, for every later period of life for him would be better than the former period, and before long Allah would bless him so abundantly that he would be well pleased. This is one of the express prophecies of the Quran, which proved literally true, afterwards, whereas when this prophecy was made there seemed not to be the remotest chance that the helpless and powerless man who had come out to wage a war against the ignorance and paganism of the entire nation, would ever achieve such wonderful
success.</p>
<p>Then, addressing His Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) Allah says:"O My dear Prophet, what has caused you the anxiety and distress that your Lord has forsaken you, and that We are displeased with you? Whereas the fact is that We have been good to you with kindness after kindness ever since the day of your birth. You were born an orphan, We made the best arrangement for your upbringing and care: you were unaware of the Way, We showed you the Way; you were indigent, We made you rich. All this shows that you have been favored by Us from the very beginning and Our grace and bounty has been constantly focused on you."Here, one should also keep in view <a href=/20/37-42>vv. 37-42 of Surah Ta Ha</a>, where Allah, while sending the Prophet Moses to confront a tyrant like Pharaoh, encouraged and consoled him, saying: "We have been looking after you with kindness ever since your birth; therefore, you should be satisfied that you will not be left alone in this dreadful mission. Our bounty will constantly be
with you."</p>
<p>In conclusion, Allah has instructed His Prophet (upon whom be peace) telling him how he should treat the creatures of God to repay for the favors He has done him and how he should render thanks for the blessings He has bestowed on him.</p>

Verse by verse

Surah Al-Qamar · The Moon

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. Ayah 1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ

    The Hour (of Judgment) is nigh, and the moon is cleft asunder.

  2. Ayah 2

    وَإِن يَرَوْا آيَةً يُعْرِضُوا وَيَقُولُوا سِحْرٌ مُّسْتَمِرٌّ

    But if they see a Sign, they turn away, and say, "This is (but) transient magic."

  3. Ayah 3

    وَكَذَّبُوا وَاتَّبَعُوا أَهْوَاءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

    They reject (the warning) and follow their (own) lusts but every matter has its appointed time.

  4. Ayah 4

    وَلَقَدْ جَاءَهُم مِّنَ الْأَنبَاءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ

    There have already come to them Recitals wherein there is (enough) to check (them),

  5. Ayah 5

    حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ

    Mature wisdom;- but (the preaching of) Warners profits them not.

  6. Ayah 6

    فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ

    Therefore, (O Prophet,) turn away from them. The Day that the Caller will call (them) to a terrible affair,

  7. Ayah 7

    خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

    They will come forth,- their eyes humbled - from (their) graves, (torpid) like locusts scattered abroad,

  8. Ayah 8

    مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ

    Hastening, with eyes transfixed, towards the Caller!- "Hard is this Day!", the Unbelievers will say.

  9. Ayah 9

    كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ

    Before them the People of Noah rejected (their messenger): they rejected Our servant, and said, "Here is one possessed!", and he was driven out.

  10. Ayah 10

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ

    Then he called on his Lord: "I am one overcome: do Thou then help (me)!"

  11. Ayah 11

    فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ

    So We opened the gates of heaven, with water pouring forth.

  12. Ayah 12

    وَفَجَّرْنَا الْأَرْضَ عُيُونًا فَالْتَقَى الْمَاءُ عَلَىٰ أَمْرٍ قَدْ قُدِرَ

    And We caused the earth to gush forth with springs, so the waters met (and rose) to the extent decreed.

  13. Ayah 13

    وَحَمَلْنَاهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلْوَاحٍ وَدُسُرٍ

    But We bore him on an (Ark) made of broad planks and caulked with palm-fibre:

  14. Ayah 14

    تَجْرِي بِأَعْيُنِنَا جَزَاءً لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ

    She floats under our eyes (and care): a recompense to one who had been rejected (with scorn)!

  15. Ayah 15

    وَلَقَد تَّرَكْنَاهَا آيَةً فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

    And We have left this as a Sign (for all time): then is there any that will receive admonition?

  16. Ayah 16

    فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    But how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning?

  17. Ayah 17

    وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

    And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

  18. Ayah 18

    كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    The 'Ad (people) (too) rejected (Truth): then how terrible was My Penalty and My Warning?

  19. Ayah 19

    إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ رِيحًا صَرْصَرًا فِي يَوْمِ نَحْسٍ مُّسْتَمِرٍّ

    For We sent against them a furious wind, on a Day of violent Disaster,

  20. Ayah 20

    تَنزِعُ النَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ مُّنقَعِرٍ

    Plucking out men as if they were roots of palm-trees torn up (from the ground).

  21. Ayah 21

    فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Yea, how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

  22. Ayah 22

    وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

    But We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

  23. Ayah 23

    كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ بِالنُّذُرِ

    The Thamud (also) rejected (their) Warners.

  24. Ayah 24

    فَقَالُوا أَبَشَرًا مِّنَّا وَاحِدًا نَّتَّبِعُهُ إِنَّا إِذًا لَّفِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ

    For they said: "What! a man! a Solitary one from among ourselves! shall we follow such a one? Truly should we then be straying in mind, and mad!

  25. Ayah 25

    أَأُلْقِيَ الذِّكْرُ عَلَيْهِ مِن بَيْنِنَا بَلْ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرٌ

    "Is it that the Message is sent to him, of all people amongst us? Nay, he is a liar, an insolent one!"

  26. Ayah 26

    سَيَعْلَمُونَ غَدًا مَّنِ الْكَذَّابُ الْأَشِرُ

    Ah! they will know on the morrow, which is the liar, the insolent one!

  27. Ayah 27

    إِنَّا مُرْسِلُو النَّاقَةِ فِتْنَةً لَّهُمْ فَارْتَقِبْهُمْ وَاصْطَبِرْ

    For We will send the she-camel by way of trial for them. So watch them, (O Salih), and possess thyself in patience!

  28. Ayah 28

    وَنَبِّئْهُمْ أَنَّ الْمَاءَ قِسْمَةٌ بَيْنَهُمْ ۖ كُلُّ شِرْبٍ مُّحْتَضَرٌ

    And tell them that the water is to be divided between them: Each one's right to drink being brought forward (by suitable turns).

  29. Ayah 29

    فَنَادَوْا صَاحِبَهُمْ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ

    But they called to their companion, and he took a sword in hand, and hamstrung (her).

  30. Ayah 30

    فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    Ah! how (terrible) was My Penalty and My Warning!

  31. Ayah 31

    إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ صَيْحَةً وَاحِدَةً فَكَانُوا كَهَشِيمِ الْمُحْتَظِرِ

    For We sent against them a single Mighty Blast, and they became like the dry stubble used by one who pens cattle.

  32. Ayah 32

    وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

    And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

  33. Ayah 33

    كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ لُوطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ

    The people of Lut rejected (his) warning.

  34. Ayah 34

    إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا عَلَيْهِمْ حَاصِبًا إِلَّا آلَ لُوطٍ ۖ نَّجَّيْنَاهُم بِسَحَرٍ

    We sent against them a violent Tornado with showers of stones, (which destroyed them), except Lut's household: them We delivered by early Dawn,-

  35. Ayah 35

    نِّعْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِنَا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجْزِي مَن شَكَرَ

    As a Grace from Us: thus do We reward those who give thanks.

  36. Ayah 36

    وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا بِالنُّذُرِ

    And (Lut) did warn them of Our Punishment, but they disputed about the Warning.

  37. Ayah 37

    وَلَقَدْ رَاوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِ فَطَمَسْنَا أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    And they even sought to snatch away his guests from him, but We blinded their eyes. (They heard:) "Now taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."

  38. Ayah 38

    وَلَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُم بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّ

    Early on the morrow an abiding Punishment seized them:

  39. Ayah 39

    فَذُوقُوا عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ

    "So taste ye My Wrath and My Warning."

  40. Ayah 40

    وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

    And We have indeed made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember: then is there any that will receive admonition?

  41. Ayah 41

    وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ

    To the People of Pharaoh, too, aforetime, came Warners (from Allah).

  42. Ayah 42

    كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

    The (people) rejected all Our Signs; but We seized them with such Penalty (as comes) from One Exalted in Power, able to carry out His Will.

  43. Ayah 43

    أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُولَـٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ

    Are your Unbelievers, (O Quraish), better than they? Or have ye an immunity in the Sacred Books?

  44. Ayah 44

    أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ

    Or do they say: "We acting together can defend ourselves"?

  45. Ayah 45

    سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ

    Soon will their multitude be put to flight, and they will show their backs.

  46. Ayah 46

    بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

    Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.

  47. Ayah 47

    إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ

    Truly those in sin are the ones straying in mind, and mad.

  48. Ayah 48

    يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ

    The Day they will be dragged through the Fire on their faces, (they will hear:) "Taste ye the touch of Hell!"

  49. Ayah 49

    إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ

    Verily, all things have We created in proportion and measure.

  50. Ayah 50

    وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ

    And Our Command is but a single (Act),- like the twinkling of an eye.

  51. Ayah 51

    وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

    And (oft) in the past, have We destroyed gangs like unto you: then is there any that will receive admonition?

  52. Ayah 52

    وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ

    All that they do is noted in (their) Books (of Deeds):

  53. Ayah 53

    وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ

    Every matter, small and great, is on record.

  54. Ayah 54

    إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ

    As to the Righteous, they will be in the midst of Gardens and Rivers,

  55. Ayah 55

    فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ

    In an Assembly of Truth, in the Presence of a Sovereign Omnipotent.

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