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Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity)

Verse 10of 11

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ﴿١٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And what can make you know what that is?

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَآwamāAnd what
أَدْرَىٰكَadrākawill make you know
مَاwhat
هِيَهْhiyahit is

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Which was revealed in Makkahبِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِIn the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.Al-Qariah is one of the names of the Day of Judgement, like Al-Haqqah, At-Tammah, As-Sakhkhah othersThen Allah intensifies concern and fright for it by saying,وَمَآ أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ(And what will make you know what Al-Qari`ah is) Then He explains this by saying,يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ(It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scatte...

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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