Surah Al-Qamar · Ayah 45·Makkī

45

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Translation

Saheeh International

[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].

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Tafsīr

No commentary indexed for this ayah yet.

Verse DNA · this āyah at a glance

Vocabulary and recitation are counted from the morphology and the Uthmani marks; commentary reports whether an authored tafsīr entry reaches this āyah. A structural read, not a judgement — a denser strip is not a weightier verse.

Vocabulary · 4 roots in 4 of 4 words

Rarest here: ه-ز-م — 3× in the Qurʾān

Recitation · 5 points across 4 rule families

  • Lām qamariyyah2
  • Iẓhār shafawī1
  • Madd ṭabīʿī1
  • Heavy rāʾ1

Commentary

No tafsīr entry reaches this āyah yet — the interpretive layer covers a pilot, not the whole Book.

Shape

4 words · 21 letters · āyah 45 of 55

once in the Qurʾān2–10×11–50×51–300×300+×

Similar verses by meaning

Ranked by semantic similarity over translation embeddings — a model’s proxy for meaning, not a claim about it, and not tafsīr. Verses may be kin in theme while differing entirely in wording.

  • Quran 27:37 · An-Namlclose

    ٱرْجِعْ إِلَيْهِمْ فَلَنَأْتِيَنَّهُم بِجُنُودٍ لَّا قِبَلَ لَهُم بِهَا وَلَنُخْرِجَنَّهُم مِّنْهَآ أَذِلَّةً وَهُمْ صَٰغِرُونَ

    Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be…

  • Quran 37:178 · As-Saaffaatclose

    وَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍ

    And leave them for a time.

  • Quran 19:82 · Maryamclose

    كَلَّا سَيَكْفُرُونَ بِعِبَادَتِهِمْ وَيَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِمْ ضِدًّا

    No! Those "gods" will deny their worship of them and will be against them opponents [on the Day of Judgement].

  • Quran 46:27 · Al-Ahqafclose

    وَلَقَدْ أَهْلَكْنَا مَا حَوْلَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْقُرَىٰ وَصَرَّفْنَا ٱلْـَٔايَٰتِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَرْجِعُونَ

    And We have already destroyed what surrounds you of [those] cities, and We have diversified the signs [or verses] that perhaps they might return [from disbelief].

  • Quran 37:8 · As-Saaffaatclose

    لَّا يَسَّمَّعُونَ إِلَى ٱلْمَلَإِ ٱلْأَعْلَىٰ وَيُقْذَفُونَ مِن كُلِّ جَانِبٍ

    [So] they may not listen to the exalted assembly [of angels] and are pelted from every side,

  • Quran 21:1 · Al-Anbiyaaclose

    ٱقْتَرَبَ لِلنَّاسِ حِسَابُهُمْ وَهُمْ فِى غَفْلَةٍ مُّعْرِضُونَ

    [The time of] their account has approached for the people, while they are in heedlessness turning away.

Verses built from the same roots

Ranked by shared vocabulary (idf-cosine over each verse’s root-set). Shared words are a fact about form — they do not by themselves mean two verses are about the same thing.

  • As-Saaffaat 37:902 shared roots

    فَتَوَلَّوْا۟ عَنْهُ مُدْبِرِينَ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Ma'aarij 70:172 shared roots

    تَدْعُوا۟ مَنْ أَدْبَرَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Hashr 59:122 shared roots

    لَئِنْ أُخْرِجُوا۟ لَا يَخْرُجُونَ مَعَهُمْ وَلَئِن قُوتِلُوا۟ لَا يَنصُرُونَهُمْ وَلَئِن نَّصَرُوهُمْ لَيُوَلُّنَّ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يُنصَرُونَ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Fath 48:222 shared roots

    وَلَوْ قَٰتَلَكُمُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَوَلَّوُا۟ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ ثُمَّ لَا يَجِدُونَ وَلِيًّا وَلَا نَصِيرًا

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Ahzaab 33:152 shared roots

    وَلَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ عَٰهَدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مِن قَبْلُ لَا يُوَلُّونَ ٱلْأَدْبَٰرَ وَكَانَ عَهْدُ ٱللَّهِ مَسْـُٔولًا

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

  • Al-Ghaafir 40:332 shared roots

    يَوْمَ تُوَلُّونَ مُدْبِرِينَ مَا لَكُم مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ مِنْ عَاصِمٍ وَمَن يُضْلِلِ ٱللَّهُ فَمَا لَهُۥ مِنْ هَادٍ

    د-ب-رو-ل-ي

Questions

Which verses are similar to Quran 54:45?

Verses close in meaning to Quran 54:45 include Quran 27:37 (Surah An-Naml), Quran 37:178 (Surah As-Saaffaat), Quran 19:82 (Surah Maryam), and Quran 46:27 (Surah Al-Ahqaf). For example, 27:37 reads: “Return to them, for we will surely come to them with soldiers that they will be powerless to encounter, and we will surely expel them therefrom in humiliation, and they will be…” These are ranked by comparing translations of every verse in the Qurʾān, so they are a measure of similar wording and theme — not a tafsīr ruling.

What does Quran 54:45 say?

In Saheeh International, Quran 54:45 (Surah Al-Qamar, The Moon) reads: “[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].”

Which surah is verse 54:45 in?

Quran 54:45 is āyah 45 of Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon), chapter 54 of the Qurʾān — a Meccan (Makkī) surah of 55 verses.

In how many languages can I read Quran 54:45?

Tartīl presents Quran 54:45 in the original Arabic alongside 34 translations, with audio recitation.