القمر
Al-Qamar
Surah 54
Verse 47
القمر
The Moon • makkah
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العربیّا عثمانی (Arabic Uthmani)
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
English - Five Volume Translation
English - Short Commentary Translation
English - Topics
54:47
English - Hazrat Molavi Sher Ali ra
Aye, the Hour is their appointed time; and the Hour will be most calamitous and most bitter.
English - Five Volume Translation
Aye, the Hour is their appointed time; and the Hour will be most calamitous and most bitter.[4035]
Important Words:
أدھٰی (most calamitous) is derived from دھٰی. They say مادھاک i.e. what has befallen thee. The Arabs say دھته داھیة i.e. acalamity befell him. أدھٰی means, more or most calamitous (Lane & Aqrab).
Commentary:
The defeat at Badr was indeed a most formidable and calamitous misfortune for the Quraish. Their power and prestige sustained a crushing blow. Most of their leaders and prominent chiefs were killed. Having suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of a handful of inexperienced and ill-equipped Muslims, they felt deeply humiliated and mortified. The prophecy was fulfilled to the very letter.
The الساعة (Hour) mentioned in this and the opening verse of the Surah refers to the Battle of Badr.
English - Short Commentary Translation
Aye, the Hour is their promised time; and the Hour will be most calamitous for them and most bitter.