The Moon

Sura 5455 versesRevelation order 37القمر

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمٰنِ الرَّحيمِ
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
اقتَرَبَتِ السّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ القَمَرُ
The Hour has come closer, and the moon has split.*
*54:1 This important sign of the approaching end of the world came to pass in 1969 when humans landed on the moon and brought pieces of the moon to earth. At the same time, God's mathematical Miracle of the Quran was being gradually unveiled. Traditional Muslims opposed it, since it exposed the fallacy of their practices (Appendix 25).
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Subject indexHour, the Moon Prophecies Signs › of end of world Split
وَإِن يَرَوا ءايَةً يُعرِضوا وَيَقولوا سِحرٌ مُستَمِرٌّ
Then they saw a miracle; but they turned away and said, "Old magic."
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Subject indexMagic Miracles › won't convert Signs › disbelieved Turn › away
وَكَذَّبوا وَاتَّبَعوا أَهواءَهُم ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمرٍ مُستَقِرٌّ
They disbelieved, followed their opinions, and adhered to their old traditions.
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Subject indexFollowers › of own opinion Opinion › following Sense Traditions
وَلَقَد جاءَهُم مِنَ الأَنباءِ ما فيهِ مُزدَجَرٌ
Sufficient warnings have been delivered to alert them.
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Subject indexKnowledge › a test
حِكمَةٌ بٰلِغَةٌ ۖ فَما تُغنِ النُّذُرُ
Great wisdom; but all the warnings have been in vain.
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Subject indexVain › warning/signs in Wisdom › given great
فَتَوَلَّ عَنهُم ۘ يَومَ يَدعُ الدّاعِ إِلىٰ شَيءٍ نُكُرٍ
Ignore them; the day will come when the caller will announce a terrible disaster.
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Subject indexIgnoring
خُشَّعًا أَبصٰرُهُم يَخرُجونَ مِنَ الأَجداثِ كَأَنَّهُم جَرادٌ مُنتَشِرٌ
With their eyes humiliated, they come out of the graves like scattered locusts.
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Subject indexGraves Humbleness Humiliation › in hereafter Locusts
مُهطِعينَ إِلَى الدّاعِ ۖ يَقولُ الكٰفِرونَ هٰذا يَومٌ عَسِرٌ
As they respond to the caller, the disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult day."
كَذَّبَت قَبلَهُم قَومُ نوحٍ فَكَذَّبوا عَبدَنا وَقالوا مَجنونٌ وَازدُجِرَ
The people of Noah disbelieved before them. They disbelieved our servant and said, "Crazy!" He was persecuted.
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Subject indexCrazy, messengers accused of › being Noah › history of Persecution Rejecting (see also Disbelief) › messengers Servants › God's chosen
فَدَعا رَبَّهُ أَنّى مَغلوبٌ فَانتَصِر
He implored his Lord, "I am oppressed; grant me victory."
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Subject indexEyes › humiliated Imploring › God Noah › history of Oppression
فَفَتَحنا أَبوٰبَ السَّماءِ بِماءٍ مُنهَمِرٍ
We then opened the gates of the sky, pouring water.
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Subject indexGates › here Noah › history of
وَفَجَّرنَا الأَرضَ عُيونًا فَالتَقَى الماءُ عَلىٰ أَمرٍ قَد قُدِرَ
And we caused springs to gush out of the earth. The waters met to effect a predetermined decision.
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Subject indexDecisions › God's Noah › history of Predestination Springs

The Ark

وَحَمَلنٰهُ عَلىٰ ذاتِ أَلوٰحٍ وَدُسُرٍ
We carried him on a watercraft made of logs and ropes.
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Subject indexArk › made of logs Ark › Noah's Logs Noah › history of Ropes Water › watercraft
تَجرى بِأَعيُنِنا جَزاءً لِمَن كانَ كُفِرَ
It ran under our watchful eyes; a reward for one who was rejected.
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Subject indexArk › Noah's Messengers (see also specific names) › ejecting Noah › history of Rewards › from God Watchful, God
وَلَقَد تَرَكنٰها ءايَةً فَهَل مِن مُدَّكِرٍ
We have set it up as a lesson. Does any of you wish to learn?
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Subject indexArk › Noah's Learning Lessons (see also Examples) › from past Noah › history of
فَكَيفَ كانَ عَذابى وَنُذُرِ
How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!
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Subject indexNoah › history of Retribution (see also Hell) › described
وَلَقَد يَسَّرنَا القُرءانَ لِلذِّكرِ فَهَل مِن مُدَّكِرٍ
We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
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Subject indexEasy › Quran easy to learn Quran › easy to learn
كَذَّبَت عادٌ فَكَيفَ كانَ عَذابى وَنُذُرِ
Ãd disbelieved. Consequently, how terrible was My retribution after the warnings.
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Subject index'Ad (see also Hud) › example of
إِنّا أَرسَلنا عَلَيهِم ريحًا صَرصَرًا فى يَومِ نَحسٍ مُستَمِرٍّ
We sent upon them violent winds, on a day of continuous misery.
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Subject index'Ad (see also Hud) › example of Winds
تَنزِعُ النّاسَ كَأَنَّهُم أَعجازُ نَخلٍ مُنقَعِرٍ
It tossed the people around as if they were decayed palm tree trunks.
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Subject index'Ad (see also Hud) › example of Palm, trees Tossed Trees
فَكَيفَ كانَ عَذابى وَنُذُرِ
How terrible was My retribution after the warnings!
وَلَقَد يَسَّرنَا القُرءانَ لِلذِّكرِ فَهَل مِن مُدَّكِرٍ
We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
كَذَّبَت ثَمودُ بِالنُّذُرِ
Thamoud rejected the warnings.
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Subject indexThamud
فَقالوا أَبَشَرًا مِنّا وٰحِدًا نَتَّبِعُهُ إِنّا إِذًا لَفى ضَلٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
They said, "Shall we follow one of us; a human being? We will then go astray, then end up in Hell.
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Subject indexThamud
أَءُلقِىَ الذِّكرُ عَلَيهِ مِن بَينِنا بَل هُوَ كَذّابٌ أَشِرٌ
"Did the message come down to him, instead of us? He is a flagrant liar."
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Subject indexLiars Thamud
سَيَعلَمونَ غَدًا مَنِ الكَذّابُ الأَشِرُ
They will find out tomorrow who the flagrant liar is.
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Subject indexLiars Thamud Tomorrow
إِنّا مُرسِلُوا النّاقَةِ فِتنَةً لَهُم فَارتَقِبهُم وَاصطَبِر
We are sending the camel as a test for them. Watch them and be patient.
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Subject indexCamels Patience › of believers Tests › kinds of Thamud
وَنَبِّئهُم أَنَّ الماءَ قِسمَةٌ بَينَهُم ۖ كُلُّ شِربٍ مُحتَضَرٌ
Inform them that the water shall be divided among them; (the camel) shall be allowed to drink on her designated day.
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Subject indexCamels Thamud
فَنادَوا صاحِبَهُم فَتَعاطىٰ فَعَقَرَ
But they persuaded their friend to kill (the camel), and he obliged.
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Subject indexCamels Slaughtering Thamud
فَكَيفَ كانَ عَذابى وَنُذُرِ
Consequently, how terrible was My retribution! They have been warned.
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Subject indexThamud
إِنّا أَرسَلنا عَلَيهِم صَيحَةً وٰحِدَةً فَكانوا كَهَشيمِ المُحتَظِرِ
We sent upon them one blow, whereupon they became like harvested hay.
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Subject indexHarvest Hay Thamud
وَلَقَد يَسَّرنَا القُرءانَ لِلذِّكرِ فَهَل مِن مُدَّكِرٍ
We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
كَذَّبَت قَومُ لوطٍ بِالنُّذُرِ
The people of Lot rejected the warnings.
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Subject indexLot
إِنّا أَرسَلنا عَلَيهِم حاصِبًا إِلّا ءالَ لوطٍ ۖ نَجَّينٰهُم بِسَحَرٍ
We showered them with rocks. Only Lot's family was saved at dawn.
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Subject indexDawn Lot Rocks Saved › His messengers
نِعمَةً مِن عِندِنا ۚ كَذٰلِكَ نَجزى مَن شَكَرَ
We blessed him and his family; we thus reward the appreciative.
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Subject indexAppreciation Lot
وَلَقَد أَنذَرَهُم بَطشَتَنا فَتَمارَوا بِالنُّذُرِ
He warned them about our requital, but they ridiculed the warnings.
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Subject indexLot Ridiculing (see also Mocking) › warnings
وَلَقَد رٰوَدوهُ عَن ضَيفِهِ فَطَمَسنا أَعيُنَهُم فَذوقوا عَذابى وَنُذُرِ
They negotiated with him about his guests; we blinded them. Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.
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Subject indexBlindness Guests Lot
وَلَقَد صَبَّحَهُم بُكرَةً عَذابٌ مُستَقِرٌّ
Early the next morning, a devastating retribution struck them.
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Subject indexLot Morning
فَذوقوا عَذابى وَنُذُرِ
Suffer My retribution; you have been warned.
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Subject indexLot
وَلَقَد يَسَّرنَا القُرءانَ لِلذِّكرِ فَهَل مِن مُدَّكِرٍ
We made the Quran easy to learn. Does any of you wish to learn?
وَلَقَد جاءَ ءالَ فِرعَونَ النُّذُرُ
Pharaoh's people were warned.
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Subject indexPharaoh › people of
كَذَّبوا بِـٔايٰتِنا كُلِّها فَأَخَذنٰهُم أَخذَ عَزيزٍ مُقتَدِرٍ
They rejected all our signs. Consequently, we requited them as an Almighty, Omnipotent should.
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Subject indexAlmighty, God is Omnipotent, God is Pharaoh › people of
أَكُفّارُكُم خَيرٌ مِن أُولٰئِكُم أَم لَكُم بَراءَةٌ فِى الزُّبُرِ
Are your disbelievers better than those disbelievers? Have you been absolved by the scripture?
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Subject indexScripture › disputed
أَم يَقولونَ نَحنُ جَميعٌ مُنتَصِرٌ
Perhaps they think, "We will be the winners."
سَيُهزَمُ الجَمعُ وَيُوَلّونَ الدُّبُرَ
All of them will be defeated; they will turn around and flee.
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Subject indexDefeat for disbelievers Turn › and flee
بَلِ السّاعَةُ مَوعِدُهُم وَالسّاعَةُ أَدهىٰ وَأَمَرُّ
The Hour is awaiting them, and the Hour is far worse and more painful.
إِنَّ المُجرِمينَ فى ضَلٰلٍ وَسُعُرٍ
Certainly, the guilty are astray, and will end up in Hell.
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Subject indexGuilty Strayers
يَومَ يُسحَبونَ فِى النّارِ عَلىٰ وُجوهِهِم ذوقوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ
They will be dragged into the hellfire, forcibly. Suffer the agony of retribution.
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Subject indexHellfire
إِنّا كُلَّ شَيءٍ خَلَقنٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ
Everything we created is precisely measured.
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Subject indexCreation › exact measure Measure
وَما أَمرُنا إِلّا وٰحِدَةٌ كَلَمحٍ بِالبَصَرِ
Our commands are done within the blink of an eye.
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Subject indexCommandments (see alsoLaws) › done within blink of eye
وَلَقَد أَهلَكنا أَشياعَكُم فَهَل مِن مُدَّكِرٍ
We annihilated your counterparts. Does any of you wish to learn?
وَكُلُّ شَيءٍ فَعَلوهُ فِى الزُّبُرِ
Everything they did is recorded in the scriptures.
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Subject indexRecord, of all things Scripture › recorded in
وَكُلُّ صَغيرٍ وَكَبيرٍ مُستَطَرٌ
Everything, small or large, is written down.
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Subject indexRecord, of all things Scripture › recorded in
إِنَّ المُتَّقينَ فى جَنّٰتٍ وَنَهَرٍ
Surely, the righteous have deserved gardens and rivers.
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Subject indexGardens › heavenly Rivers Streams, in Paradise
فى مَقعَدِ صِدقٍ عِندَ مَليكٍ مُقتَدِرٍ
In a position of honor, at an Omnipotent King.
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Subject indexHonorable › position King › God is Position, honorable