Al-Qaria
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Sūrat al-Qāriʿah (The Clatterer, The Stunning Blow, or The Disaster) is the 101st sura
of the Qur'an
with 11 ayat.
Like many sura, the Quran here introduces a term (Al-Qaria, meaning "the Clatterer"), and asks itself (and the reader) what it means: "The Clatterer! What is the Clatterer? And what shall teach thee what is the Clatterer?". The answer is said to be a specific day, which has not yet come to pass. On that day "men will be like scattered moths, and the mountains shall be like plucked wool". This day is presumably the Day of Judgment. The image is of chaos and collapse, both of the social order of humanity
, and of the cosmological order of the universe itself.
The sura continues with this theme of balance The sura ends as it began, asking about how one will learn the meaning of the word "the Pit" - which is explained to be known in "the blazing fire" of Hell
.
What is the Striking Calamity? (2)
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity? (3)
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed, (4)
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up. (5)
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds], (6)
He will be in a pleasant life. (7)
But as for one whose scales are light, (8)
His refuge will be an abyss. (9)
And what can make you know what that is? (10)
It is a Fire, intensely hot. (11)
Sura
A sura is a division of the Qur'an, often referred to as a chapter. The term chapter is sometimes avoided, as the suras are of unequal length; the shortest sura has only three ayat while the longest contains 286 ayat...
of the Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...
with 11 ayat.
Like many sura, the Quran here introduces a term (Al-Qaria, meaning "the Clatterer"), and asks itself (and the reader) what it means: "The Clatterer! What is the Clatterer? And what shall teach thee what is the Clatterer?". The answer is said to be a specific day, which has not yet come to pass. On that day "men will be like scattered moths, and the mountains shall be like plucked wool". This day is presumably the Day of Judgment. The image is of chaos and collapse, both of the social order of humanity
Human Race
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, and of the cosmological order of the universe itself.
The sura continues with this theme of balance The sura ends as it began, asking about how one will learn the meaning of the word "the Pit" - which is explained to be known in "the blazing fire" of Hell
Jahannam
Jahannam is the Arabic language equivalent to Hell. The term comes from the Greek Gehenna, itself derived from the Hebrew geographical name for the Valley of Hinnom.-Jahannam in the Qur'an:...
.
Translation
The Striking Calamity - (1)What is the Striking Calamity? (2)
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity? (3)
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed, (4)
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up. (5)
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds], (6)
He will be in a pleasant life. (7)
But as for one whose scales are light, (8)
His refuge will be an abyss. (9)
And what can make you know what that is? (10)
It is a Fire, intensely hot. (11)