The Moon (Al-Qamar)
Verses 43-48 GROUP_1422 54.43-48
43
أَكُفَّارُكُمْ خَيْرٌ مِّنْ أُوْلَئِكُمْ أَمْ لَكُم بَرَاءةٌ فِي الزُّبُرِ
Are your people who deny the truth better than those? Or have you been given immunity in the Scriptures?
44
أَمْ يَقُولُونَ نَحْنُ جَمِيعٌ مُّنتَصِرٌ
Or do they say, ‘We are a united group, and we are bound to prevail’?
45
سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ
The hosts shall soon be routed and they shall be put to flight.
46
بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرُّ
Indeed, the Hour of Doom is their appointed time, and the Last Hour will be the most severe, and the most bitter.
47
إِنَّ الْمُجْرِمِينَ فِي ضَلَالٍ وَسُعُرٍ
The evil-doers are indeed sunk in error and folly—
48
يَوْمَ يُسْحَبُونَ فِي النَّارِ عَلَى وُجُوهِهِمْ ذُوقُوا مَسَّ سَقَرَ
on the Day when they are dragged into the fire on their faces, it will be said to them, ‘Now feel the touch of Hell!’
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Commentary
(b) For those who refused to accept the Prophet Muhammad, there was a lesson in the fatal incidents which befell those who rejected the earlier prophets. But they did not learn from this. This has been true of all the peoples. In spite of clear signs, every community has considered itself safe from God’s ire and therefore exempt from religious obligations. Every community has indulged in the same arrogant behaviour as the previous communities, as a result of which they have had to suffer God’s retribution.