A Simplified Explanation of Sūrah Al-Qāriʿah from Al-Tafsīr Al-Muyassar
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Al-Qāriʿah
Verse 1
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
الْقَارِعَةُ
The Hour that pounds the hearts of Mankind with its terrors:
Verse 2
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is this pounding [Hour]?
Verse 3
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
And what will tell you about it?
Verse 4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
On that day, people–in their great numbers, their dispersion, their movements–will be like scattered moths, [those] that fall, one after another, into fire.
Verse 5
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like wool, in [its] various colors, that has been teased out by hand, after which it becomes a fine dust and disappears.
Verse 6
فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Then as for one whose good deeds weighed heavier [on the Scale]….
Verse 7
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ
…then he will be in a life of pleasure [and contentment] in Paradise.
Verse 8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
And as for one whose good deeds were light [on the Scale] while his evil deeds weighed heavier….
Verse 9
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
…then he will take shelter in the [Pit of] Blazing Hellfire.
Verse 10
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what will make you realize, O Messenger, what this Pit is?
Verse 11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
Indeed, it is a fire whose heat has been raised [to an extreme] by the fuel [set] upon it.
Source: Al-Tafsīr Al-Muyassar. King Fahd Qurʾān Printing Complex. Madīnah: 1434 H.