• The Warning Sent To Pharaoh

• The Infidels Shall He Routed

• The Believers Shall Be Rewarded

Al-Qamar Verses 41- 55

وَلَقَدْ جَاءَ آلَ فِرْعَوْنَ النُّذُرُ

“And indeed, came unto the people of Pharaoh the warners1“ (54:41)

كَذَّبُوا بِآيَاتِنَا كُلِّهَا فَأَخَذْنَاهُمْ أَخْذَ عَزِيزٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ

“They belied all Our signs so did We seize them after the manner of the one the Ever Prevalent2, the All-Mighty One” (54:42)

أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أُولَٰئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُمْ بَرَاءَةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ

“What! Are your disbelievers (O’ ye Meccans!) better people than these? Or is there an exemption3for you in the sacred Scriptures?” (54:43)

أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُنْتَصِرٌ

“Or say they: “We are a host joined together to help each other?4“ (54:44)

سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ

“Soon shall the host be routed, and they shall turn their backs” (54:45)

بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ

“Nay! The Hour (of Reckoning) is their promised time, and the Hour shall be most grievous and bitter” (54:46)

إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ

“Verily the guilty ones are straying and mad (in distress)5“ (54:47)

يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَىٰ وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ

“On that Day they shall be dragged upon their faces into the fire (and it will be said unto them)’. ‘Taste ye (now) the touch of Hell!6’” (54:48)

إِنَّا كُلَّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقْنَاهُ بِقَدَرٍ

“Verily every thing have We created to a determined measure” (54:49)

وَمَا أَمْرُنَا إِلَّا وَاحِدَةٌ كَلَمْحٍ بِالْبَصَرِ

“And Our command is but one (word ‘Be’! And it becometh) like the twinkling of an eye7“ (54:50)

وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا أَشْيَاعَكُمْ فَهَلْ مِنْ مُدَّكِرٍ

“And indeed, have We destroyed the like unto you, but is there any one to receive the warning?8“ (54:51)

وَكُلُّ شَيْءٍ فَعَلُوهُ فِي الزُّبُرِ

“And everything they have done is in the books (of deeds)9“ (54:52)

وَكُلُّ صَغِيرٍ وَكَبِيرٍ مُسْتَطَرٌ

“Every matter small and big, is (correctly) recorded in writing10“ (54:53)

إِنَّ الْمُتَّقِينَ فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَنَهَرٍ

“Verily, the pious ones shall be in gardens and rivers11“ (54:54)

فِي مَقْعَدِ صِدْقٍ عِنْدَ مَلِيكٍ مُقْتَدِرٍ

“In the seat of Truth, with the Sovereign Omnipotent One12“ (54:55)

Commentary

Verse 41

For Musa and Firawn refer to Surah Ta Ha, 20:9 to 20:98.

Verses 43 - 44

A reference to the fate of the disbelievers at the Battle of Badr. It was the triumph of the truth against falsehood.

These verses refer to the battle of Badr. Refer to Surah ‘Ali Imran, 3:10 to 3:13; Anfal, 8:5 to 8:19 and 8:42 to 8:48.

Verse 45

This is a prophecy long before the Muslims coming into power. (A.P.)

Verse 46

The Day of Judgment will be the most grievous and most bitter experience for the disbelievers.

The unjust men are puffed up with pride on account of their numbers and their resources, but more often they are punished in this world, and certainly in the hereafter. Their punishment is for ever. The unjust think that the godly are straying, and mad, particularly when they are in power and in the enjoyment of all the good things of this life. Refer to Sura Ya Sin 36:63 to 36:67.

Verse 47

The disbelievers would then, i.e., on the Day of Judgment, realise that it was they, who had gone astray13.

Verse 49

Everything and every event happen strictly according to God’s plan.

Verse 50

Refer to Verses 2:117; 16:40; 19:35; 36:82; 40:68.

Verse 51

Refer to the references mentioned in the commentary of verses 54:9 to 54:16; 54:18 to 54:21; 54:23 to 54:32; 54:33 to 54:39; 54:41 and 54:42 of this surah for the destruction of the disbelievers.

• 1. Or the warnings, Moses and Aaron.
• 2. Aziz in Arabic.
• 3. Immunity.
• 4. Refer to Verse 8:7. This is a prophecy made before the Muslims coming into power and the fate of the disbelievers (A.P.).
• 5. Refer to Verse 54:24.
• 6. Refer to Verse 36:63.
• 7. Refer to Verses 2:117; 16:40; 19:35; 36:82; 40:68.
• 8. To get admonished, or warned
• 9. Refer to Verse 36:12.
• 10. Refer to Verse 25:29.
• 11. Blissful life.
• 12. In direct communion. Refer to Verse 3:167.
• 13. Refer to Verse 54:24.