سُوْرَةُ الْقَمَرِ

Surah Al-Qamar (54) — Ayah 46

The Moon · Meccan · Juz 27 · Page 530

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بَلِ ٱلسَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ وَٱلسَّاعَةُ أَدْهَىٰ وَأَمَرُّ ﴿46﴾

Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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

Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning

بَلِ bali Nay
ٱلسَّاعَةُ l-sāʿatu the Hour
مَوْعِدُهُمْ mawʿiduhum (is) their promised time
وَٱلسَّاعَةُ wal-sāʿatu and the Hour
أَدْهَىٰ adhā (will be) more grievous
وَأَمَرُّ wa-amarru and more bitter

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(Ayah 46){ بَلِ السَّاعَةُ مَوْعِدُهُمْ … : ’’دَاهِيَةٌ‘‘} refers to a great calamity, and {’’ اَدْهٰى ‘‘} to an even greater calamity. {’’مُرٌّ‘‘} (with a Dammah on the Meem) means bitter, harsh. {’’مَرَّ يَمُرُّ مَرَارَةً‘‘} (n) means to be bitter. {’’اَمَرُّ‘‘} is the comparative form, meaning more bitter. That is, the defeat that occurs in the world is indeed a great calamity and very bitter, as it involves killing, capture, slavery, humiliation, disgrace, and various kinds of punishments. However, the real punishment is promised for the Day of Resurrection, and the calamity of the Hereafter is far greater and much more bitter than the calamities of this world, because the calamity and bitterness of this world will eventually come to an end, but the punishment of the Hereafter will never end. Moreover, the fire of the Hereafter is seventy (70) times more severe than the fire of this world.

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46. 1. That is, those who were killed, taken captive, etc. in this world, this is not their final punishment, rather even harsher punishments will be given to them on the Day of Resurrection, which they are promised.

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46. Rather, the appointed time for them is the Hour, and the Hour is more disastrous [32] and more bitter.

[32] The group that took revenge on the Muslims received this punishment in the world, and the real punishment is yet to come on the Day of Resurrection, which will be even more terrifying and even more painful than this punishment.
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