Surah Al-Qamar

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Surah of the Quran chapter of the Quran

Surah Al-Qamar is the 54th chapter of the Quran, known for its opening reference to the splitting of the moon and its emphatic warnings drawn from the destruction of past nations.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Surah Al-Qamar canonical	11
Al-Qamar	2
Surah Qamar	1
SurahAlQamar	1
Surat al-Qamar, ayah 1	1
سورة القمر	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Surah of the Quran ⓘ chapter of the Quran ⓘ
addressesAudience	all humanity ⓘ disbelievers of Mecca ⓘ
arabicName	Surah Al-Qamar self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: سورة القمر
canonicalStatus	part of the standard Uthmanic codex of the Quran ⓘ
chronologicalClassification	early Meccan period (according to many scholars) ⓘ
classification	Meccan surah ⓘ
containsVerse	Quran 54:1 ⓘ
emphasis	certainty of the coming Hour ⓘ inevitability of divine judgment ⓘ
encourages	reflection on Quranic message ⓘ
englishName	Moon ⓘ surface form: The Moon
firstVerseText	اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ ⓘ
firstVerseTranslation	The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split. ⓘ
hizb	54 ⓘ
juz	27 ⓘ
keyConcept	accountability on the Day of Judgment ⓘ divine punishment ⓘ signs for those who take heed ⓘ truthfulness of the Quran ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
linguisticFeature	repetition for emphasis ⓘ strong rhythmic style ⓘ
mainTheme	consequences of denying prophets ⓘ destruction of past nations ⓘ sign of the splitting of the moon ⓘ warning of the approaching Hour ⓘ
mentionsPeople	people of Thamud ⓘ surface form: Thamud people of Lot ⓘ people of Noah ⓘ people of Pharaoh ⓘ ‘Ad ⓘ
mentionsProphet	Hud ⓘ Lot ⓘ Noah ⓘ Salih ⓘ
numberOfVerses	55 ⓘ
openingVerseTheme	splitting of the moon ⓘ
placeOfRevelation	Mecca ⓘ
positionInQuran	54 ⓘ
quranicOrder	54th surah ⓘ
recurrentPhrase	فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِي وَنُذُرِ ⓘ وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
scripture	Quran ⓘ
teaches	lessons from earlier destroyed nations ⓘ
warnsAgainst	denial of prophetic message ⓘ persistence in sin ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quran → hasPart → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

Surah An-Najm → followedBy → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

Surah Al-Qamar → arabicName → Surah Al-Qamar self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: سورة القمر

Lut → appearsInSurah → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Qamar

Prophet Salih → mentionedIn → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

people of Noah → narrativeLocationInQuran → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

subject surface form: People of Noah

people of Thamud → quranicSurahMention → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

subject surface form: People of Thamud

Salih → hasStoryIn → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

Prophet Lut → quranicSurah → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

subject surface form: Lut

Lot → appearsInSurah → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

this entity surface form: SurahAlQamar

people of Lot → describedIn → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surah Qamar

The Star → isFollowedBy → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

An-Najm → precedes → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

Quran 54:1 → partOf → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

Quran 54:1 → locatedInSurah → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Al-Qamar

Quran 54:1 → citationForm → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ

this entity surface form: Surat al-Qamar, ayah 1

Al-Mufassal surahs → includes → Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ