What does Quran 74:32 mean?

Quran 74:32 (Surah Al-Muddaththir, Ayah 32) translates to: "No! By the moon"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 74:32 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Muddaththir (The Cloaked One), the 74th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 29.

Yes — there is 1 hadith related to this ayah from Sunan Abu Dawud.

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

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Creation, Nature References, Divine Signs, Divine Power.

كَلَّا وَٱلْقَمَرِ

Kallaa walqamar

No! By the moon

Scores run 0–100: how strongly this ayah speaks to a theme. 70+ is central, 50+ is clear, under 50 is weak.

3 other themes with weak connections

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Signs in creation

74:32Ayah 156

3 ayahs in Al-Muddaththir are strongly about signs in creation. This is one of them.

Scholars offer complementary perspectives

Nay kallā denoting a commencement of a new sentence to be understood as alā by the moon!

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