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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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf IslamicScriptureVerse ⓘ
QuranVerse ⓘ
addressedAudience all humanity ⓘ
people of Mecca ⓘ
arabicText اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ ⓘ
associatedWithFigure Prophet Muhammad ⓘ
linked to: Muhammad
canonicalStatus part of the Uthmanic codex ⓘ
chapterNumber 54 ⓘ
citationForm Qur’an 54:1 ⓘ
Surat al-Qamar, ayah 1 ⓘ
linked to: Surah Al-Qamar
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 Al-Qamar ⓘ
linked to: Surah 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 The Moon ⓘ
linked to: Moon
surahPosition first verse of Surah Al-Qamar ⓘ
surahType Meccan ⓘ
linked to: Makki
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 ⓘ