101. Al-Qaari'aالقارعة

The Calamity · Meccan · 11 ayahs · 1 ruku

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

اَلْقَارِعَةُ ۟ۙاَلۡقَارِعَةُ

The Clatterer!

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ۟ۚمَا الۡقَارِعَةُ‌

What is the Clatterer?

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ۟ؕوَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡقَارِعَةُ

Would that you knew what the Clatterer is!

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

یَوْمَ یَكُوْنُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوْثِ ۟ۙيَوۡمَ يَكُوۡنُ النَّاسُ كَالۡفَرَاشِ الۡمَبۡثُوۡثِۙ‏

[It is] a Day when mankind shall be like scattered moths

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَتَكُوْنُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوْشِ ۟ؕوَتَكُوۡنُ الۡجِبَالُ كَالۡعِهۡنِ الۡمَنۡفُوۡشِؕ

and the mountains like tufts of carded wool.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

فَاَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِیْنُهٗ ۟ۙفَاَمَّا مَنۡ ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَازِيۡنُهٗ

Then, the one whose good deeds weigh heavy on the scales,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

فَهُوَ فِیْ عِیْشَةٍ رَّاضِیَةٍ ۟ؕفَهُوَ فِىۡ عِيۡشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

will have a most pleasing life.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِیْنُهٗ ۟ۙوَاَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَازِيۡنُهٗ

But as for him whose deeds are light on the scales,

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

فَاُمُّهٗ هَاوِیَةٌ ۟ؕفَاُمُّهٗ هَاوِيَةٌ

the Abyss shall be his home.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا هِیَهْ ۟ؕوَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا هِيَهۡ

What will convey to you what this is like?

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

نَارٌ حَامِیَةٌ ۟۠نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ

It is a blazing fire.

— Tazkirul Quran (En)

Tafseer of 101:1–11

The turmoil of Doomsday will smash everything. People will completely lose their bearings. Thereafter a new world will come into existence where only Truth will carry weight. All falsity will be set at naught. In the present world, the approval of the people prevails. Here things carry weight according to the likes and dislikes of men. The world of the Hereafter is the world of God, where everything will be subservient to His will.

In the present world the deeds performed are judged according to their appearance. In the Hereafter deeds will be judged according to their inner reality. The more sincere a man’s deeds, the more importance they will be given. The deed which is devoid of sincerity will carry absolutely no weight in the Hereafter, however significant it might have seemed to the superficial people of the present world.