  surat al-qamar () (the moon) is the 54th sura of the quran with 55 ayat. some verses refer to the splitting of the moon. "qamar" (Ø§ÙÙÙØ±), meaning "'moon" in arabic, is also a common name among muslims. ==significance of al-qamar== al-qamar, means moon in arabic, is an important title for sura 54. it foreshadows the inevitable day of judgment that will divide those who believe from those who disbelieveâthose who are destined to paradise and those who are destined to hell. because this meccan suraâs primary theme centers around the fate of those who disbelieve, the symbolic use of the moon is meant to warn the disbelievers of their impending fate in the first verse, as âthe hour draws near; the moon is splitâ.haleem, m.a.s. abdel. the qur'an (new york: oxford university press, 2005) 350. additionally, the crescent moon acts as a vital symbol of islam and thus, in this instance, may denote the importance of the emerging religion, as lunar cycles determine the structure of the islamic calendar."moon." in the oxford dictionary of islam. , edited by john l. esposito. oxford islamic studies online, http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1545 ==chronology== sura 54 is wholly meccan, as its verses âdemonstrate complex reference and demanding grammatical connections to surrounding versesâ.ernst, carl w., how to read the qur'an: a new guide with select translations (chapel hill: the university of north carolina press, 2011) 105 indeed, it is a mixture of exclamatory statements and rhetorical questions directed towards muhammad, which is yet another reference to the suraâs meccan nature. that god directly addresses muhammad with personal pronouns, âyouâ and âyourâ haleem, 351 and differentiates the unbelieving audience from his personal addresses to muhammad with âtheyâ and âthemâ haleem, 351 strongly indicates that islam was still in the development phase and that god did not yet have a particularized audience to address. instead, god merely warns muhammad of the possible responses that will result from his efforts to spread his message and the resultant punishment that he will inflict upon those who refuse to believe. officially, this sura is believed to be the thirty-seventh sura revealed to muhammad, as the egyptian chronology indicates.quran chapters and their chronological sequence of revelation - international community of submitters (ics) http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.masjidtucson.org/quran/chapters_chronological_sequence.html&dat
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