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Sūrat al-Qamar
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thumb|right|Qur'an folio with the heading for the chapter Al-Qamar. End of the 9th or beginning of the 10th century. [[Kufic script. Bibliothèque nationale de France]]
# Sūrat al-Qamar Sūrat al-Qamar (The Chapter of the Moon) is a chapter of the Qur'an that dates back to at least the 9th or 10th century, as evidenced by surviving manuscript folios written in Kufic script. The chapter has been preserved and transmitted through Islamic tradition as part of the Qur'anic canon, making it an important text for Muslim religious practice and scholarship.
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Key facts
- Surah.number
- 54
- Surah.image
- Mohammed Splits the Moon.jpg
- Surah.number 3
- 054
- Surah.name
- Al-Qamar
- Surah.name ar
- القمر
- Surah.name en
- The Moon
- Surah.prev_sura
- Quran 53
- Surah.next_sura
- Quran 55
- Surah.classification
- Meccan
- Surah.juz
- 27
- Surah.Hizb_number
- 55
- Surah.rukus
- 3
- Surah.verses
- 55
- Surah.words
- 342
- Surah.letters
- 1469
- Surah.audio
- Chapter 54, Al-Qamar (Mujawwad) - Recitation of the Holy Qur'an.mp3
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Full text
Read Full Surah Al-Qamar - Listen with Translation, Transliteration and Tafsir - Quran.com
quran.com →Read and listen to Surah Al-Qamar with translation, tafsir, audio recitation, word-by-word meaning, and transliteration. Yet, whenever they see a sign, they turn away,1 saying, “Same old magic!” even though the stories ˹of destroyed nations˺ that have already come to them are a sufficient deterrent.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- surah
- Part of
- Qur’an
- Named after
- Moon
- Image
- North Africa, Aghlabid or Abbasid Period, 9th century - Qur'an Manuscript Folio (recto); Left side of Bifolio - 1993.39.2.a - Cleveland Museum of Art.tif
- Has parts of class
- ayah
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- described by source
- Encyclopaedia of the Qur'ān
- has characteristic
- Meccan surah
- language of work or name
- Quranic Arabic
- Commons category
- Al-Qamar
- name in kana
- つき
- work available at URL
- quran.com/54
- Stack Exchange tag
- islam.stackexchange.com/tags/surat-al-qamar
- title
- سورة القمر
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- Summary
- Significance of Al-Qamar
- Chronology
- Exegesis
- 18 “everything is recorded”
- 9-42 previous instances where the word of God was not heeded
- 42 ...but they rejected all Our signs
- 43-55 evils that will befall the unbelievers
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Qur'an folio with the heading for the chapter Al-Qamar. End of the 9th or beginning of the 10th century. [[Kufic script. Bibliothèque nationale de France]]
Al-Qamar () is the 54th chapter (surah) of the Quran, with 55 verses (ayat).The Surah was revealed in Mecca. The opening verses refer to the splitting of the Moon. "Qamar" (), meaning "Moon" in Arabic, is also a common name among Muslims.
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