Al-Qaria

Surah 101 of the Quran
القارعة‎
Al-Qāriʻah
The Calamity
ClassificationMeccan
Other namesThe Shocker, The Striking Hour
PositionJuzʼ 30 ʿAmma yatasāʾalūna
No. of verses11
No. of words36
No. of letters158
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Al-Qaria or The Calamity[1] (Arabic: القارعة, al-Qāriʻah, also known as The Striking),[2] is the 101st chapter (sūrah) of the Quran, with 11 āyāt or verses. This chapter takes its name from its first word "qariah",[3] referring to the Quranic view of the end time and eschatology. "Qariah" has been translated as calamity, striking, catastrophe and clatterer.[4] According to Ibn Kathir, a traditionalistic exegete, Al-Qariah is one of the names of the Day of Judgement, like Al-Haaqqa, At-Tammah, As-Sakhkhah and others.[5]

  1. ^ Lumbard, Joseph (April 2015). The Study Quran. San Francisco: HarperOne.
  2. ^ George Sale's translation
  3. ^ "The Quranic Arabic Corpus - Word by Word Grammar, Syntax and Morphology of the Holy Quran". corpus.quran.com. Retrieved 21 May 2023.
  4. ^ Iman Mohammad Kashi; Uwe Hideki Matzen. "Al-Quran (القرآن) — Online Quran Project — Translation and Tafsir". The Quran.
  5. ^ Tafsir ibn Kathir. Translator: Abridged by a group of scholars under the supervision of Shaykh Safiur-Rahman Al-Mubarakpuri, 2000, publ. DARUSSALAM, Riyadh (dar-us-salam.com)