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Surah 54

Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon)

القمر

Also written: Qamar

Surah Al-Qamar (القمر) is surah 54 of the 114 surahs of the Quran. It has 55 ayahs, was revealed in Mecca (Meccan), and its name means “The Moon”.

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Number
54
Ayahs
55
Revelation
Meccan
Meaning
The Moon

Names, meaning and Meccan/Medinan classification as listed in the quran-json dataset.

About Surah Al-Qamar

Al-Qamar, “The Moon”, is a Meccan surah that begins by announcing that the Hour has drawn near and the moon has split. It then runs swiftly through the stories of Noah, ’Ad, Thamud, the people of Lot and Pharaoh, each closed by a refrain: the Quran has been made easy to remember — is there anyone who will take heed? Its short, striking verses make it a favourite for recitation.

The splitting of the moon

54:1–3 describe the moon splitting and the deniers dismissing it as passing magic. Hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, narrated by Ibn Mas’ud, Anas and others, describe the Meccans asking for a sign and the moon being seen split in two. Most scholars therefore understand the verse as an event in the Prophet’s lifetime, while a minority read it as describing what will happen at the Hour.

Five peoples who denied

  • Noah (54:9–17): called a madman, he prayed for help; the sky’s gates opened, the earth burst with springs, and he was carried on a vessel of planks and nails.
  • ’Ad (54:18–22): a howling wind tore people up like uprooted palm trunks.
  • Thamud (54:23–32): they rejected a human messenger and hamstrung the she-camel sent as a test.
  • Lot’s people (54:33–40): a storm of stones, while Lot’s family was saved before dawn.
  • Pharaoh’s people (54:41–42): they denied every sign and were seized.

The refrain

Four times — 54:17, 54:22, 54:32 and 54:40 — the surah repeats that the Quran has been made easy for remembrance. It is often quoted to encourage memorising and reflecting on the Quran.

Badr and divine decree

Sahih al-Bukhari reports that on the day of Badr the Prophet came out of his tent reciting 54:45, that the gathered host would be routed and turn their backs. 54:49, that everything is created by measure, is a key verse on divine decree (qadar). The surah ends with the God-fearing among gardens and rivers, in a seat of honour near the All-Powerful King (54:54–55). Sahih Muslim reports that the Prophet recited Al-Qamar together with Surah Qaf (50) in the Eid prayers.

Frequently asked questions

How many verses are in Surah Al-Qamar?
55.
Did the moon really split in the Prophet's time?
Hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim report that it was seen split in Mecca, and most scholars understand verse 1 this way; a minority read it as a future event.
How many times is 'We have made the Quran easy to remember' repeated?
Four times in Surah Al-Qamar, at verses 17, 22, 32 and 40.
How many ayahs are in Surah Al-Qamar?
Surah Al-Qamar has 55 ayahs. It is surah number 54 in the Quran and is Meccan.
Can I read Surah Al-Qamar in English or save it as a PDF?
Yes. This page shows the Arabic text of every ayah with the Saheeh International English meaning under it. Use “Print / Save as PDF” for a clean printable copy that you can save as a PDF file from your browser.
Is Surah Al-Qamar the same as Surah Qamar?
Yes. Qamar and Al-Qamar are different English spellings of the same surah name, القمر.

Summaries describe the surah’s content and commonly cited reports for general readers; they are not a tafsir or a religious ruling.

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Surah Al-Qamar in Arabic with English meaning

Arabic: Uthmani script from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia (quranenc.com), Uthmani script, via quran-json (CC-BY-SA 4.0), shown as in the verified dataset; open-tanween marks use the equivalent codepoints this font draws, as in the editor. English meaning: Saheeh International (tanzil.net). A translation conveys the meaning; it is not the Quran itself.

  1. ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ وَٱنشَقَّ ٱلۡقَمَرُ ۝١

    54:1The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two]

  2. وَإِن يَرَوۡاْ ءَايَةࣰ يُعۡرِضُواْ وَيَقُولُواْ سِحۡرࣱ مُّسۡتَمِرࣱّ ۝٢

    54:2And if they see a miracle, they turn away and say, "Passing magic

  3. وَكَذَّبُواْ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡۚ وَكُلُّ أَمۡرࣲ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣

    54:3And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement

  4. وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَهُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ مَا فِيهِ مُزۡدَجَرٌ ۝٤

    54:4And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence

  5. حِكۡمَةُۢ بَٰلِغَةࣱۖ فَمَا تُغۡنِ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٥

    54:5Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them]

  6. فَتَوَلَّ عَنۡهُمۡۘ يَوۡمَ يَدۡعُ ٱلدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيۡءࣲ نُّكُرٍ ۝٦

    54:6So leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding

  7. خُشَّعًا أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ يَخۡرُجُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمۡ جَرَادࣱ مُّنتَشِرࣱ ۝٧

    54:7Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading

  8. مُّهۡطِعِينَ إِلَى ٱلدَّاعِۖ يَقُولُ ٱلۡكَٰفِرُونَ هَٰذَا يَوۡمٌ عَسِرࣱ ۝٨

    54:8Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day

  9. ۞كَذَّبَتۡ قَبۡلَهُمۡ قَوۡمُ نُوحࣲ فَكَذَّبُواْ عَبۡدَنَا وَقَالُواْ مَجۡنُونࣱ وَٱزۡدُجِرَ ۝٩

    54:9The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled

  10. فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَغۡلُوبࣱ فَٱنتَصِرۡ ۝١٠

    54:10So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help

  11. فَفَتَحۡنَآ أَبۡوَٰبَ ٱلسَّمَآءِ بِمَآءࣲ مُّنۡهَمِرࣲ ۝١١

    54:11Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down

  12. وَفَجَّرۡنَا ٱلۡأَرۡضَ عُيُونࣰا فَٱلۡتَقَى ٱلۡمَآءُ عَلَىٰٓ أَمۡرࣲ قَدۡ قُدِرَ ۝١٢

    54:12And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined

  13. وَحَمَلۡنَٰهُ عَلَىٰ ذَاتِ أَلۡوَٰحࣲ وَدُسُرࣲ ۝١٣

    54:13And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails

  14. تَجۡرِي بِأَعۡيُنِنَا جَزَآءࣰ لِّمَن كَانَ كُفِرَ ۝١٤

    54:14Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied

  15. وَلَقَد تَّرَكۡنَٰهَآ ءَايَةࣰ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٥

    54:15And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember

  16. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ۝١٦

    54:16And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

  17. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝١٧

    54:17And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

  18. كَذَّبَتۡ عَادࣱ فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ۝١٨

    54:18Aad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning

  19. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ رِيحࣰا صَرۡصَرࣰا فِي يَوۡمِ نَحۡسࣲ مُّسۡتَمِرࣲّ ۝١٩

    54:19Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune

  20. تَنزِعُ ٱلنَّاسَ كَأَنَّهُمۡ أَعۡجَازُ نَخۡلࣲ مُّنقَعِرࣲ ۝٢٠

    54:20Extracting the people as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted

  21. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ۝٢١

    54:21And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

  22. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٢٢

    54:22And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

  23. كَذَّبَتۡ ثَمُودُ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٢٣

    54:23Thamud denied the warning

  24. فَقَالُوٓاْ أَبَشَرࣰا مِّنَّا وَٰحِدࣰا نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ إِنَّآ إِذࣰا لَّفِي ضَلَٰلࣲ وَسُعُرٍ ۝٢٤

    54:24And said, "Is it one human being among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness

  25. أَءُلۡقِيَ ٱلذِّكۡرُ عَلَيۡهِ مِنۢ بَيۡنِنَا بَلۡ هُوَ كَذَّابٌ أَشِرࣱ ۝٢٥

    54:25Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar

  26. سَيَعۡلَمُونَ غَدࣰا مَّنِ ٱلۡكَذَّابُ ٱلۡأَشِرُ ۝٢٦

    54:26They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar

  27. إِنَّا مُرۡسِلُواْ ٱلنَّاقَةِ فِتۡنَةࣰ لَّهُمۡ فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ ۝٢٧

    54:27Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient

  28. وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ أَنَّ ٱلۡمَآءَ قِسۡمَةُۢ بَيۡنَهُمۡۖ كُلُّ شِرۡبࣲ مُّحۡتَضَرࣱ ۝٢٨

    54:28And inform them that the water is shared between them, each [day of] drink attended [by turn]

  29. فَنَادَوۡاْ صَاحِبَهُمۡ فَتَعَاطَىٰ فَعَقَرَ ۝٢٩

    54:29But they called their companion, and he dared and hamstrung [her]

  30. فَكَيۡفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٠

    54:30And how [severe] were My punishment and warning

  31. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَيۡحَةࣰ وَٰحِدَةࣰ فَكَانُواْ كَهَشِيمِ ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ ۝٣١

    54:31Indeed, We sent upon them one blast from the sky, and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen

  32. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٣٢

    54:32And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

  33. كَذَّبَتۡ قَوۡمُ لُوطِۭ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٣

    54:33The people of Lot denied the warning

  34. إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا عَلَيۡهِمۡ حَاصِبًا إِلَّآ ءَالَ لُوطࣲۖ نَّجَّيۡنَٰهُم بِسَحَرࣲ ۝٣٤

    54:34Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn

  35. نِّعۡمَةࣰ مِّنۡ عِندِنَاۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَجۡزِي مَن شَكَرَ ۝٣٥

    54:35As favor from us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful

  36. وَلَقَدۡ أَنذَرَهُم بَطۡشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوۡاْ بِٱلنُّذُرِ ۝٣٦

    54:36And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning

  37. وَلَقَدۡ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيۡفِهِۦ فَطَمَسۡنَآ أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٧

    54:37And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning

  38. وَلَقَدۡ صَبَّحَهُم بُكۡرَةً عَذَابࣱ مُّسۡتَقِرࣱّ ۝٣٨

    54:38And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment

  39. فَذُوقُواْ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ۝٣٩

    54:39So taste My punishment and warning

  40. وَلَقَدۡ يَسَّرۡنَا ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ لِلذِّكۡرِ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٤٠

    54:40And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember

  41. وَلَقَدۡ جَآءَ ءَالَ فِرۡعَوۡنَ ٱلنُّذُرُ ۝٤١

    54:41And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning

  42. كَذَّبُواْ بِـَٔايَٰتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذۡنَٰهُمۡ أَخۡذَ عَزِيزࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرٍ ۝٤٢

    54:42They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability

  43. أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ خَيۡرࣱ مِّنۡ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكُمۡ أَمۡ لَكُم بَرَآءَةࣱ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٤٣

    54:43Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scripture

  44. أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ نَحۡنُ جَمِيعࣱ مُّنتَصِرࣱ ۝٤٤

    54:44Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]

  45. سَيُهۡزَمُ ٱلۡجَمۡعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ ۝٤٥

    54:45[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat]

  46. بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدۡهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ۝٤٦

    54:46But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter

  47. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَٰلࣲ وَسُعُرࣲ ۝٤٧

    54:47Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness

  48. يَوۡمَ يُسۡحَبُونَ فِي ٱلنَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمۡ ذُوقُواْ مَسَّ سَقَرَ ۝٤٨

    54:48The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar

  49. إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيۡءٍ خَلَقۡنَٰهُ بِقَدَرࣲ ۝٤٩

    54:49Indeed, all things We created with predestination

  50. وَمَآ أَمۡرُنَآ إِلَّا وَٰحِدَةࣱ كَلَمۡحِۭ بِٱلۡبَصَرِ ۝٥٠

    54:50And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye

  51. وَلَقَدۡ أَهۡلَكۡنَآ أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ فَهَلۡ مِن مُّدَّكِرࣲ ۝٥١

    54:51And We have already destroyed your kinds, so is there any who will remember

  52. وَكُلُّ شَيۡءࣲ فَعَلُوهُ فِي ٱلزُّبُرِ ۝٥٢

    54:52And everything they did is in written records

  53. وَكُلُّ صَغِيرࣲ وَكَبِيرࣲ مُّسۡتَطَرٌ ۝٥٣

    54:53And every small and great [thing] is inscribed

  54. إِنَّ ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّـٰتࣲ وَنَهَرࣲ ۝٥٤

    54:54Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers

  55. فِي مَقۡعَدِ صِدۡقٍ عِندَ مَلِيكࣲ مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ ۝٥٥

    54:55In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability