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54. Surah Al-Qamar

The Moon

Read and listen to the full Surah Al-Qamar (Chapter 54), consisting of 55 verses. Revealed in Mecca (Juz 27), it includes complete Arabic text with diacritics, translations, tafsirs, word-by-word meaning, and audio by Maher Al-Muaiqly, Abdul Basit and other reciters.

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In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful

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54:1

اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر ١

ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ ١

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ

ٱلسَّاعَةُ

وَٱنشَقَّ

ٱلۡقَمَرُ

The Hour has drawn near and the moon was split ˹in two˺.¹

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54:2

وان يروا اية يعرضوا ويقولوا سحر مستمر ٢

وَإِن يَرَوْا۟ ءَايَةًۭ يُعْرِضُوا۟ وَيَقُولُوا۟ سِحْرٌۭ مُّسْتَمِرٌّۭ ٢

وَإِن

يَرَوۡاْ

ءَايَةٗ

يُعۡرِضُواْ

وَيَقُولُواْ

سِحۡرٞ

مُّسۡتَمِرّٞ

Yet, whenever they see a sign, they turn away,¹ saying, “Same old magic!”

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54:3

وكذبوا واتبعوا اهواءهم وكل امر مستقر ٣

وَكَذَّبُوا۟ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓا۟ أَهْوَآءَهُمْ ۚ وَكُلُّ أَمْرٍۢ مُّسْتَقِرٌّۭ ٣

وَكَذَّبُواْ

وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ

أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ

وَكُلُّ

أَمۡرٖ

مُّسۡتَقِرّٞ

They rejected ˹the truth˺ and followed their own desires—and every matter will be settled—

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54:4

ولقد جاءهم من الانباء ما فيه مزدجر ٤

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزْدَجَرٌ ٤

وَلَقَدۡ

جَآءَهُم

مِّنَ

ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ

مَا

فِيهِ

مُزۡدَجَرٌ

even though the stories ˹of destroyed nations˺ that have already come to them are a sufficient deterrent.

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54:5

حكمة بالغة فما تغن النذر ٥

حِكْمَةٌۢ بَـٰلِغَةٌۭ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ٥

حِكۡمَةُۢ

بَٰلِغَةٞۖ

فَمَا

تُغۡنِ

ٱلنُّذُرُ

˹This Quran is˺ profound ˹in˺ wisdom, but warnings are of no benefit ˹to them˺.

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54:6

فتول عنهم يوم يدع الداع الى شيء نكر ٦

فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَىْءٍۢ نُّكُرٍ ٦

فَتَوَلَّ

عَنۡهُمۡۘ

يَوۡمَ

يَدۡعُ

ٱلدَّاعِ

إِلَىٰ

شَيۡءٖ

نُّكُرٍ

So turn away from them ˹O Prophet˺. ˹And wait for˺ the Day ˹when˺ the caller¹ will summon ˹them˺ for something horrifying.²

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54:1

اقتربت الساعة وانشق القمر ١

ٱقْتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلْقَمَرُ ١

ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ

ٱلسَّاعَةُ

وَٱنشَقَّ

ٱلۡقَمَرُ

The Hour has drawn near and the moon was split ˹in two˺.¹

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