مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity?
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وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,[1]
1- The people will be as such after having been expelled from their graves.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.[1]
1- i.e., beginning to disintegrate.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ
He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ
His refuge[1] will be an abyss.[2]
1- Literally, "mother" (a man's original refuge) , which will envelop him as in an embrace.2- i.e., the pit of Hellfire.
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ
And what can make you know what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
أَلۡهَىٰكُمُ ٱلتَّكَاثُرُ
Competition in [worldly] increase diverts you
حَتَّىٰ زُرۡتُمُ ٱلۡمَقَابِرَ
Until you visit the graveyards.[1]
1- i.e., remain in them temporarily, meaning until the Day of Resurrection.
كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
No! You are going to know.
ثُمَّ كَلَّا سَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ
Then, no! You are going to know.
كَلَّا لَوۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ عِلۡمَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
No! If you only knew with knowledge of certainty...[1]
1- The conclusion of this verse is estimated to be "...you would not have been distracted from preparing for the Hereafter."
لَتَرَوُنَّ ٱلۡجَحِيمَ
You will surely see the Hellfire.
ثُمَّ لَتَرَوُنَّهَا عَيۡنَ ٱلۡيَقِينِ
Then you will surely see it with the eye of certainty.[1]
1- i.e., with actual eyesight.
ثُمَّ لَتُسۡـَٔلُنَّ يَوۡمَئِذٍ عَنِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Then you will surely be asked that Day about pleasure.[1]
1- i.e., the comforts of worldly life and whether you were grateful to AllŒh for His blessings.
وَٱلۡعَصۡرِ
By time,[1]
1- An oath in which AllŒh swears by time throughout the ages.
إِنَّ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنَ لَفِي خُسۡرٍ
Indeed, mankind is in loss,
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ وَعَمِلُواْ ٱلصَّـٰلِحَٰتِ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلۡحَقِّ وَتَوَاصَوۡاْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ
Except for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.
وَيۡلٞ لِّكُلِّ هُمَزَةٖ لُّمَزَةٍ
Woe to every scorner and mocker
ٱلَّذِي جَمَعَ مَالٗا وَعَدَّدَهُۥ
Who collects wealth and [continuously] counts it.[1]
1- Rather than spending in the way of AllŒh.
يَحۡسَبُ أَنَّ مَالَهُۥٓ أَخۡلَدَهُۥ
He thinks that his wealth will make him immortal.
كَلَّاۖ لَيُنۢبَذَنَّ فِي ٱلۡحُطَمَةِ
No! He will surely be thrown into the Crusher.[1]
1- i.e., Hellfire, which crushes and destroys all that enters it.
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡحُطَمَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Crusher?
نَارُ ٱللَّهِ ٱلۡمُوقَدَةُ
It is the fire of AllŒh, [eternally] fueled,
ٱلَّتِي تَطَّلِعُ عَلَى ٱلۡأَفۡـِٔدَةِ
Which mounts directed at the hearts.[1]
1- Covering them and penetrating them.
إِنَّهَا عَلَيۡهِم مُّؤۡصَدَةٞ
Indeed, it [i.e., Hellfire] will be closed down upon them
فِي عَمَدٖ مُّمَدَّدَةِۭ
In extended columns.[1]
1- Interpreted to be either columns of fire or columns of iron to which are chained the inmates of Hell.
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