This Surah (Revealed) Meccan, consisting of 11 verses.(Al-Qâriâah)
Ayah 101:1 الأية
بِسْم ِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Ayah First 1 الأية
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The Clattering Blow, the Resurrection that will make hearts clatter by its
terrors.
Ayah 101:2 الأية
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What is the Clattering Blow? â [intended] to emphasise its awesomeness
(māâl-qāriâa: both of these [elements] constitute a subject and a predicate, and [together] the predicate of
[the first] al-qāriâa).
Ayah 101:3 الأية
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And what will show you, [what] will make known to you, what the Clattering Blow
is? â additional emphasis of its awesomeness (the first mā is a subject, and what follows it is its
predicate; the second mā and its predicate also function together as the second direct object of [the verb] adrā,
âshowâ).
Ayah 101:4 الأية
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The day (yawma: that which renders it accusative is [the verb] indicated by
al-qāriâa, in other words, [by the implied] taqraâu, âit clattersâ) mankind will be like scattered moths, like a
throng of scattered locusts surging into each other in confusion, until they are summoned to the Reckoning,
Ayah 101:5 الأية
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and the mountains will be like tufts of wool, like carded wool in terms of the
lightness with which it floats [in the air] until it comes to settle upon the earth.
Ayah 101:6 الأية
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Then as for him whose scales weigh heavy, in that his good deeds outweigh his
misdeeds,
Ayah 101:7 الأية
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he will enjoy a pleasant life, in Paradise, that is to say, a pleasing one, for
he will be pleased with it, that is, it will be pleasing to him;
Ayah 101:8 الأية
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but as for him whose scales weigh light, in that his evil deeds outweigh his
good ones,
Ayah 101:9 الأية
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761 his home will be the Abyss.
Ayah 101:10 الأية
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And what will show you what it is?, that is to say, what the Abyss is.
Ayah 101:11 الأية
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It is: A scorching fire, of extremely hot temperature (the hāâ of hiya is for
[consonantal] quiescence, and is retained when reciting without a [subsequent] pause or with; some omit it when
reciting without a pause).