The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 5) — Page 535
PT. 30 سُورَةُ الْقَارِعَةِ مَكَّيَّةُ ١٠١ (AL-QĀRI'AH) 1. "In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful. 14820A 2. "The Great Calamity! 48 3. What is the Great Calamity? 4821 4. And what should make thee know what the Great Calamity is?4822 5. The day when mankind will be like scattered moths, 4823 ۱۲ CH. 101 بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ ) مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ة وَمَا أَدْرِيكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ) يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ "See 1:1. 13:32. 4820A. Important Words: aca (the Great Calamity) is derived from 3. They say i. e. he knocked at the door. dc means, the affair came on him all of a sudden. ac means, a great and sudden calamity; the Day of Resurrection; an army marching forth and striking the enemy suddenly (Aqrab & Tāj). See also 13:32. Commentary: The particle J particularizes act (calamity) and imparts to it a special significance. ac thus means, a great calamity; the Promised Calamity or the Day of Judgement. 4821. Commentary: Whereas the particle J added to a has particularized the calamity and heightened its dreadfulness, the addition of the particle to (what) makes it still more severe and destructive. 4822. Commentary: The verse signifies that the calamity would be so catastrophic that it is impossible to conceive of its dreadfulness, much less to describe it in words. See also 69:2-5 where an identical expression to produce an analogous effect has been used. acläll besides a great calamity, signifies punishment that suddenly comes upon disbelievers. 3431 4823. Commentary: Because it is beyond human mind to conceive of the dreadfulness of the calamity, a few of its horrible effects have been pointed out. This and the next verse give some idea of the confusion and distress it will cause. The terrific and cataclysmic happening will scatter the people like flakes of carded wool, not finding