What does Quran 54:17 mean?

Quran 54:17 (Surah Al-Qamar, Ayah 17) translates to: "And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 54:17 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Qamar (The Moon), the 54th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 27.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 54:17?

Yes — there are 2 hadiths related to this ayah from Jami` at-Tirmidhi, Sahih Muslim.

What tafsir is available for Quran 54:17?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas, Ibn Kathir — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 54:17 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Reminder and Reflection, Quran, Remembrance of Allah (Dhikr), Taqwa, Guidance.

Ayah 16

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ...

54:17Al-Qamar

Ayah 18

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌۭ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ...

وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا ٱلْقُرْءَانَ لِلذِّكْرِ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍۢ

Wa laqad yassamal Quraana liz zikri fahal mimmuddakir

And We have certainly made the Qur'an easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?

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54:17Ayah 155

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Tafsir

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And verily We have made the Qur’ān easy to remember We have facilitated its memorisation and disposed it to serve as a source of remembrance. So is there anyone who remember? anyone who will be admonished by it and memorise it? the interrogative here is intended as an imperative in other words memorise it and be admonished by it; none of God’s scriptures is memorised by heart other than it the Qur’ān.

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would recite: "Then is there anyone who would remember? (54:17)

Sahih Muslim #7413Qutaybah bin Sa’īd narrated to us, Jarīr narrated to us, on authority of Mughīrah, on authority of Ibrāhīm , he said, Alqamah said:Sahih

‘I memorized the Qur’ān in two years’. Al-Hārith said: ‘The Qur’ān is easy; the revelation is more difficult ’.