Tanwir al-Miqbas · Tafsir · in English
القارعة
Al-Qari'ah
The Calamity · Meccan · 11 ayahs
And from his narration on the authority of Ibn 'Abbas that he said regarding the interpretation of Allah's saying (Calamity! What is the Calamity?): '(Calamity!
What is the Calamity?) He says: the Hour! What is the Hour? He said this to arouse his wonder; the Hour is called Calamity because it shakes people's hearts.
101:3Page 600
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٣
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
(Ah, what will convey unto thee) O Muhammad (what the Calamity is!) he said this to show its tremendousness.
101:4Page 600
يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ ٤
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,1
Allah then gave more details about it, saying: (A day wherein mankind will be) a day when people will fall on each other (as thickly scattered moths
101:5Page 600
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ٥
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.1
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
101:6Page 600
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works)) as for him whose good works weigh heavy on his scale; this refers to the believer,
(He will live a pleasant life) He will be in a pleasant Paradise, pleasing to himself.
(But as for him whose scales are light) i.e. the disbeliever,
(The Bereft and Hungry One will be his mother) his abode and destination will be the Fire; it is also said this means: he will be thrown in the Fire.
(Ah, what will convey unto thee) O Muhammad (what she is!) this is to show how tremendous she is,
(Raging fire) extremely hot'.
Text: Quranic Universal Library (Tarteel), via spa5k/tafsir_api (MIT), at a fixed version. The ayahs: Quran Foundation. Sources and licences