Surah Al-Qamar

Quran 54:45

Read Quran 54:45 from Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

Quran verse

Qur'an 54:45

سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ٤٥

The hosts will all be routed and will turn and flee.

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.

Surah
54. Al-Qamar (The Moon)
Ayah
45 of 55
Revelation
Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
Reference
54:45

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 54:45

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.

قال تعالى مبينا لضعفهم، وأنهم مهزومون: { سَيُهْزَمُ الْجَمْعُ وَيُوَلُّونَ الدُّبُرَ } فوقع كما أخبر، هزم الله جمعهم الأكبر يوم بدر، وقتل من صناديدهم وكبرائهم ما ذلوا به ونصر الله دينه ونبيه وحزبه المؤمنين.