Surah Al-Qari'ah (The Striking Hour)

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ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ﴿١﴾
The Striking Calamity -(1)
Tafseer:
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ﴿٢﴾
What is the Striking Calamity?(2)
Tafseer:
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ﴿٣﴾
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?(3)
Tafseer:
یَوۡمَ یَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ ﴿٤﴾
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,(4)
Tafseer:
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ﴿٥﴾
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.(5)
Tafseer:
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَ ٰ⁠زِینُهُۥ ﴿٦﴾
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],(6)
Tafseer:
فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ ﴿٧﴾
He will be in a pleasant life.(7)
Tafseer:
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَ ٰ⁠زِینُهُۥ ﴿٨﴾
But as for one whose scales are light,(8)
Tafseer:
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِیَةࣱ ﴿٩﴾
His refuge will be an abyss.(9)
Tafseer:
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِیَهۡ ﴿١٠﴾
And what can make you know what that is?(10)
Tafseer:
نَارٌ حَامِیَةُۢ ﴿١١﴾
It is a Fire, intensely hot.(11)
Tafseer: