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سُورَةُ القَمَرِ · 54:36
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وَلَقَدْ أَنذَرَهُم بَطْشَتَنَا فَتَمَارَوْا۟ بِٱلنُّذُرِ

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And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.

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Introduction

This is āyah 36 of Sūrat Al-Qamar (The Moon), the 37th sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 27. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
37 of 114
Surah
Al-Qamar (54)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

The people of Lut denied the warnings (33)Verily, We sent against them Hasib (a violent storm of stones), except the family of Lut, them We saved in the last hour of the night (34)As a favor from Us. Thus do We reward him who gives thanks (35)And he indeed had warned them of Our punishment, but they doubted the warnings (36)And they indeed sought to shame his guests. So, We blinded their eyes (saying), "Then taste you My torment and My warnings. (37)And verily, an abiding torment seized them early in the morning (38)Then taste you My torment and My warnings (39)And indeed, We have made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember; then is there any that will remember (40) The Story of the People of the Prophet Lut Allah the Exalted states that the people of Lut defied and denied their Messenger and committed sodomy, the awful immoral sin that no people in the history of mankind had commi…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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