سورة المدَّثِّر
Surah Al-Muddaththir 74:32
One Endowed with Excellent Capabilities · Verse 32 of 56
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ
Abdul Mannan Omar
Nay, I call the moon to witness,
Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Nay, verily: By the Moon,
Ahmed Ali
I say the truth, and call the moon to witness,
12 more translations
Ali Unal
No indeed (the Qur’an is not as the unbelievers claim)! By the moon,
Daryabadi
By no means! By the moon,
Faridul Haque
Yes, never!* By oath of the moon. (Hell will never spare the disbelievers).
Maulana Muhammad Ali
Nay, by the moon!
Maulvi Sher Ali
Nay, by the moon,
Muhammad Asad
NAY, but consider the moon!
Muhammad Musin Khan
Nay, and by the moon,
Muhammad Pickthall
Nay, by the Moon
Muhammad Sarwar
By the moon,
Muhammed ali Shakir
Nay; I swear by the moon,
Rashad Khalifa
Absolutely, (I swear) by the moon.
Shabbir Ahmed
Nay! The Moon stands witness.
Commentary 74:32-34 In these three verses there is the earliest Qur’ânic instance of the particle waو used in the sense of an oath-like assertion. A call to witness is…
On 74:32–34
كَلَّا وَالْقَمَرِ﴿٣٢﴾ وَاللَّيْلِ إِذْ أَدْبَرَ﴿٣٣﴾ وَالصُّبْحِ إِذَا أَسْفَرَ
74:32-34 In these three verses there is the earliest Qur’ânic instance of the particle waو used in the sense of an oath-like assertion. A call to witness is meant to give weight to a subsequently stated truth or the evidence of the truth. Here the truth to be stressed is that of the changing phases of the moon and the alternation of night and day, which is the outcome of Allâh’s given natural laws, so the sinners suffering in the Hereafter is but a natural outcome of his deliberate negligence of those above-mentioned nineteen qualities.