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Surah Al-Qamar, Verse 46

سورة القمر، الآية ٤٦

54:46 Juz 27 Hizb 53 Page 530 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 54:46

بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ۝٤٦

Transliteration

bali l-sāʿatu mawʿiduhum wal-sāʿatu adhā wa-amarru

Translation

But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.

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Verse 46 of Surah Al-Qamar (54:46), a Meccan surah, is in juz 27, on page 530 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 46

Al-Mukhtasar

In fact, the Hour that they deny is the appointed time when they will be punished. The Hour is more severe and bitter than the punishment of the world that they received on the day of Badr.

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Other translations of verse 46

But the Hour is their appointed time, and the Hour is more catastrophic and more bitter.

Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous and more bitter.

Nay, but the Hour (of doom) is their appointed tryst, and the Hour will be more wretched and more bitter (than their earthly failure).

Nay, the Hour (of Judgment) is the time promised them (for their full recompense): And that Hour will be most grievous and most bitter.

Nay, the hour is their promised time, and the hour shall be most grievous and bitter.

No indeed, (but) the Hour is their appointment, and the Hour is more calamitous and more bitter.

Verse 46 word by word

  1. بَلِ bali Nay
  2. ٱلسَّاعَةُ l-sāʿatu the Hour س و ع
  3. مَوْعِدُهُمْ mawʿiduhum (is) their promised time و ع د
  4. وَٱلسَّاعَةُ wal-sāʿatu and the Hour س و ع
  5. أَدْهَىٰ adhā (will be) more grievous د ه ي
  6. وَأَمَرُّ wa-amarru and more bitter م ر ر

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 2915

The Prophet (ﷺ) , while in a tent (on the day of the battle of Badr) said, "O Allah! I ask you the fulfillment of Your Covenant and Promise. O Allah! If You wish (to destroy the believers) You will never be worshipped after today." Abu Bakr caught him by the hand and said, "This is sufficient, O…

اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي أَنْشُدُكَ عَهْدَكَ وَوَعْدَكَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ شِئْتَ لَمْ تُعْبَدْ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِيَدِهِ فَقَالَ حَسْبُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، فَقَدْ أَلْحَحْتَ عَلَى رَبِّكَ، وَهْوَ…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 5 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4876

I was in the house of `Aisha, the mother of the Believers. She said, "This revelation: "Nay, but the Hour is their appointed time (for their full recompense); and the Hour will be more previous and most bitter." (54.46) was revealed to Muhammad at Mecca while I was a playfull little girl."

أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمَكَّةَ، وَإِنِّي لَجَارِيَةٌ أَلْعَبُ ‏‏{‏بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَالسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَى وَأَمَرُّ‏}‏

Narrated by Ā’ishah + 1 other version

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4877

While in his tent on the day the Battle of Badr, the Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O Allah! I request You (to fulfill) Your promise and contract. O Allah! It You wish that the Believers be destroyed). You will never be worshipped henceforth." On that, Abu Bakr held the Prophet (ﷺ) by the hand and said, "That…

أَنْشُدُكَ عَهْدَكَ وَوَعْدَكَ، اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ شِئْتَ لَمْ تُعْبَدْ بَعْدَ الْيَوْمِ أَبَدًا ‏"‏‏.‏ فَأَخَذَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ بِيَدِهِ وَقَالَ حَسْبُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَدْ أَلْحَحْتَ عَلَى رَبِّكَ‏.‏ وَهْوَ فِي…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 5 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 4993

While I was with Aisha, the mother of the Believers, a person from Iraq came and asked, "What type of shroud is the best?" `Aisha said, "May Allah be merciful to you! What does it matter?" He said, "O mother of the Believers! Show me (the copy of) your Qur'an," She said, "Why?" He said, "In order…

وَمَا يَضُرُّكَ أَيَّهُ قَرَأْتَ قَبْلُ، إِنَّمَا نَزَلَ أَوَّلَ مَا نَزَلَ مِنْهُ سُورَةٌ مِنَ الْمُفَصَّلِ فِيهَا ذِكْرُ الْجَنَّةِ وَالنَّارِ حَتَّى إِذَا ثَابَ النَّاسُ إِلَى الإِسْلاَمِ نَزَلَ الْحَلاَلُ…

Narrated by Ā’ishah + 1 other version

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