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Jan 2021
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54. Surah al-Qamar | سورة القمر

Hashem Nabil, هاشم نبيل
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Revealed in the fourth year of Prophet Muhammad’s mission, it consists of 55 verses and takes its title from the first verse that mentions the incident of the ‘splitting-of-the-moon.’ That incident took place in Mina, close to Mecca, five years before the Prophet’s migration to Madina. 
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