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Surah al-Qamar (The Moon ) 54 : 45

سَيُهْزَمُ ٱلْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ ٱلدُّبُرَ

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 Muhsin Khan
 Pickthall
 Yusuf Ali
Quran Project
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

Qur'an Dictionary

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Word Arabic word
(54:45:1)
sayuh'zamu
Soon will be defeated
(54:45:2)
l-jamʿu
(their) assembly
(54:45:3)
wayuwallūna
and they will turn
(54:45:4)
l-dubura
(their) backs

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Explanatory Note

At this point, a clear and decisive statement is loudly echoed: "Their hosts will be routed, and they will turn tail and flee." Neither large forces nor powerful hosts will be of any avail. The One who announces this to them is none other than God Almighty. It came true at the time and it will always be true.

Al-Bukhari reports on the authority of Ibn Abbas that on the day of the Battle of Badr, the Prophet was standing under a canopy and praying: "Lord! I appeal to You to fulfil Your promise. Lord! If You so wish, You may not be worshipped on earth again." Abu Bakr held his hand and said: "Messenger of God! This is enough. You have appealed hard to your Lord." He came out rushing, and saying: "Their hosts will be routed, and they will turn tail and flee."

In another report attributed to Ikrimah: "When this verse was revealed, (Umar said: `What host will be defeated and routed?' He later said: 'When on the day of the Battle of Badr I saw God's Messenger coming out and reading, "Their hosts will be routed; and they will turn tail and flee," I knew its fulfilment."

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The incident of the ‘splitting of the moon’ (shaqq-al-Qamar) that has been mentioned in this Surah, determines its period of revelation precisely. The traditionists and commentators are agreed that this incident took place at Mina in Makkah about five years before the Prophet’s migration (Hijra) to Madīnah.

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