Quran 54:1

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Quran 54:1 is the opening verse of Surah Al-Qamar, traditionally understood to refer to the approaching Hour and the miraculous splitting of the moon.

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Quran 54:1 canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf IslamicScriptureVerse
QuranVerse
addressedAudience all humanity
people of Mecca
arabicText اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ
associatedWithFigure Muhammad
surface form: Prophet Muhammad
canonicalStatus part of the Uthmanic codex
chapterNumber 54
citationForm Qur’an 54:1
Surah Al-Qamar
surface form: Surat al-Qamar, ayah 1
doctrinalRole emphasizes nearness of the Day of Judgment
supports belief in prophetic miracles
followedBy Quran 54:2
foundInMushaf all standard printed Qurans
halfJuz 27th Juz
hasSubjectHeading The Hour and the splitting of the moon (in many translations)
juzNumber 27
keyPhrase “The Hour has drawn near”
“and the moon has split”
linguisticFeature uses perfect tense verbs to describe eschatological events
locatedInSurah Surah Al-Qamar
surface form: Al-Qamar
mentionsConcept Day of Judgment
splitting of the moon
the Hour
mentionsObject moon
the Hour (as-sāʿah)
partOf Surah Al-Qamar
placeOfRevelation Mecca
precededBy Quran 53:62
recitationScience has multiple canonical qira’at readings
recitedIn Muslim ritual prayer (salat)
referencedIn classical tafsir works
hadith literature discussing the splitting of the moon
revealedInLanguage Classical Arabic
scriptureLanguage Arabic
surahNameArabic القمر
surahNameEnglish Moon
surface form: The Moon
surahPosition first verse of Surah Al-Qamar
surahType Makki
surface form: Meccan
theme divine signs
eschatology
warning to disbelievers
traditionalInterpretation refers to a miraculous splitting of the moon as a sign
refers to the approaching Day of Judgment
transliteration Iqtarabati s-sāʿatu wan shaqqa l-qamar
usedAsEvidenceFor miracle of the splitting of the moon
verseNumber 1

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Surah Al-Qamar containsVerse Quran 54:1