54. Surah Al-Qamar

القمرThe Moon · 55 ayahsتفہیم القرآن انگلش

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Ayahs 54:37–42

وَ لَقَدْ رَاوَدُوْهُ عَنْ ضَیْفِهٖ فَطَمَسْنَاۤ اَعْیُنَهُمْ فَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِیْ وَ نُذُرِ Open ayah 54:37 in the Quran reader

Then they sough to prevent him from guarding his guests. Consequently, We blinded their eyes (and said), "Taste now My torment and My warnings! " 22

وَ لَقَدْ صَبَّحَهُمْ بُكْرَةً عَذَابٌ مُّسْتَقِرٌّۚ Open ayah 54:38 in the Quran reader

Early in the morning they were overtaken by a lasting torment.

فَذُوْقُوْا عَذَابِیْ وَ نُذُرِ Open ayah 54:39 in the Quran reader

Taste now My torment and My warnings.

وَ لَقَدْ یَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْاٰنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ۠ Open ayah 54:40 in the Quran reader

We have made this Qur'an an easy means of admonition. Then, is there any who would take admonition ?

وَ لَقَدْ جَآءَ اٰلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُۚ Open ayah 54:41 in the Quran reader

And warnings had come to the people of Pharaoh too,

كَذَّبُوْا بِاٰیٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَاَخَذْنٰهُمْ اَخْذَ عَزِیْزٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ Open ayah 54:42 in the Quran reader

but they belied all Our Signs. Consequently, We seized them like the seizure of an All-Mighty, All-Powerful One.

22 The details of this story have been given in Surah Hud: 77-83 and Surah AI-Hijr: 61-74 above, a resume of which is as follows: When AIIah decided to punish those people with a torment, He sent a few angels in the guise of handsome boys as guests in the house of the Prophet Lot. When the people saw such handsome guests in Lot's house they rushed to it and demanded that they be handed over to them for tile gratification of their lust. The Prophet Lot implored them to desist from their evil intention, but they did not listen and tried to enter his house to take hold of the guests forcibly. At this stage suddenly their eyes were blinded. Then the angels told Lot that he and his Household should leave the city before dawn; then as soon as they had Ieft a dreadful torment descended on the people. In the Bible also this event has been described. The words are: 'And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door. But the men (i.e. the angels) put forth their Hand and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door. And they smote the nun that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door." (Gen., 19: 9-11),
Ayahs 54:43–44

اَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَیْرٌ مِّنْ اُولٰٓئِكُمْ اَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَآءَةٌ فِی الزُّبُرِۚ Open ayah 54:43 in the Quran reader

Are your disbelievers any better? 23 Or, is there any exemption for you in the Divine Books?

اَمْ یَقُوْلُوْنَ نَحْنُ جَمِیْعٌ مُّنْتَصِرٌ Open ayah 54:44 in the Quran reader

Or, do they say, "We are a strong host: We shall defend ourselves?"

23 The address here is directed to the Quraish, as if to say; "When the other nation have been punished for adopting disbelief and showing stubbornness and denying the Truth, why would you not be punished if you adopted the same attitude and conduct ? For you arc not a special people in any way."
Ayahs 54:45–48

سَیُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَ یُوَلُّوْنَ الدُّبُرَ Open ayah 54:45 in the Quran reader

Soon shall this host be put to rout and they will all show their backs. 24

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَ السَّاعَةُ اَدْهٰى وَ اَمَرُّ Open ayah 54:46 in the Quran reader

But the promised time to deal with them is the Hour of Resurrection, a most grievous and bitter Hour!

اِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِیْنَ فِیْ ضَلٰلٍ وَّ سُعُرٍۘ Open ayah 54:47 in the Quran reader

These wicked people are in fact involved in misunderstanding and folly.

یَوْمَ یُسْحَبُوْنَ فِی النَّارِ عَلٰى وُجُوْهِهِمْ١ؕ ذُوْقُوْا مَسَّ سَقَرَ Open ayah 54:48 in the Quran reader

The Day they are dragged into the Fire, on their faces, it will be said to them, "Taste now the flame of Hell."

24 This is a specific prophecy that was made five years before the hijrah, saying that the hosts of the Quraish who waxed proud of their strength would soon be put to rout by the Muslims. At that time no one could imagine how such a revolution would take place in the near future. Such was the helplessness of the Muslims that a group of them had already left the country and taken refuge in Habash and the rest of the believers lay besieged in Shi'b Abi Talib, and were being starved by the Quraish boycott and siege. Under such conditions no one could imagine that within only the ncxt seven years the tables were going to tnrn. _~nmah. the pupil of Hadrat 'Ahdullah bin 'Abbas, has related that Hadrat 'Umar used to say : "When this verse of Surah Al-Qamar was sent down. I wondered what hosts it is that would be routed. But when in the Battle of Badr the pagan Quraish were routed and they were fleeing from the battlefieled, I saw the Messenger of AIIah in his armour rushing forward and reciting this verse: Sa-yuhzam-al -jam'u yuwallun-ad-dubur Then only did I realize that this was the defeat that had been foretold." (Ibn Jarir, Ibn Abi Hatim).
Ayah 54:49

اِنَّا كُلَّ شَیْءٍ خَلَقْنٰهُ بِقَدَرٍ Open ayah 54:49 in the Quran reader

We have created everything with a destiny, 25

25 That is, 'Nothing in the world has been created at random but with a purpose and destiny. A thing comes into being at an appointed time, takes a particular form and shape, develops to its fullest extent, survives for a certain period, and then decays and dies at an appointed time. Even according to this universal principle this world too has a destiny in accordance with which it is functioning till an appointed time and will come to an end at an appointed tune. It will neither come to an end a moment earlier than its appointed time of end nor survive a moment longer; it has neither existed since eternity nor will exist rill eternity, nor is it the plaything of a child which he may destroy as and when he likes."
Ayah 54:50

وَ مَاۤ اَمْرُنَاۤ اِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍۭ بِالْبَصَرِ Open ayah 54:50 in the Quran reader

and Our Command is but one Command, which takes effect in the twinkling of an eye. 26

26 That is, 'We shall not have to make any lengthy preparations for bringing about Resurrection, nor will it take long to come. For no sooner will a Command be issued forth from Us than it will take place in the twinkling of an eve. "
Ayahs 54:51–52

وَ لَقَدْ اَهْلَكْنَاۤ اَشْیَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُّدَّكِرٍ Open ayah 54:51 in the Quran reader

We have destroyed many like you. 27 Then, is there any who would take admonition ?

وَ كُلُّ شَیْءٍ فَعَلُوْهُ فِی الزُّبُرِ Open ayah 54:52 in the Quran reader

Whatever they have done is recorded in registers

27 That is, 'If you think that the world is not the Kingdom of a Wise and .lust God but the lawless empire of a blind ruler, in which man may behave and conduct himself as he likes, without any fear of accountability, history is proof and an eye-opener for you, which shows that the nations that adopted such a way of life, have been sent to their doom, one after the other."
Ayahs 54:53–55

وَ كُلُّ صَغِیْرٍ وَّ كَبِیْرٍ مُّسْتَطَرٌ Open ayah 54:53 in the Quran reader

and everything, small or great, is written therein. 28

اِنَّ الْمُتَّقِیْنَ فِیْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّ نَهَرٍۙ Open ayah 54:54 in the Quran reader

Those who have avoided disobedience shall be among gardens and canals,

فِیْ مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِیْكٍ مُّقْتَدِرٍ۠ Open ayah 54:55 in the Quran reader

in a place of true honour, in the Presence of a most Powerful King.

28 That is, 'These people should not be under the delusion that whatever they did in the world has become extinct; nay, they should know that full record of the deeds of every person, every group and every nation, lies preserved and it will be presented before them at the appropriate time."