Surah 54 · verse 8
Al-Qamar 54:8
Sign in to listenمُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ
muhti'in ila ad-da'i yaqul al-kafirun hatha yawm 'asir
Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
حِكْمَةٌ بَالِغَةٌ ۖ فَمَا تُغْنِ النُّذُرُ
Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
Verse 6فَتَوَلَّ عَنْهُمْ ۘ يَوْمَ يَدْعُ الدَّاعِ إِلَىٰ شَيْءٍ نُّكُرٍ
So leave them, [O Muhammad]. The Day the Caller calls to something forbidding,
Verse 7خُشَّعًا أَبْصَارُهُمْ يَخْرُجُونَ مِنَ الْأَجْدَاثِ كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ
Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
مُّهْطِعِينَ إِلَى الدَّاعِ ۖ يَقُولُ الْكَافِرُونَ هَـٰذَا يَوْمٌ عَسِرٌ
Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ
The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
Verse 10فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنِّي مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ
So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."
Verse 11فَفَتَحْنَا أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاءِ بِمَاءٍ مُّنْهَمِرٍ
Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down