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Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity)

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يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ﴿٤

Translation (Sahih International)

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

Word-by-word meaning

يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
يَكُونُyakūnuwill be
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe mankind
كَٱلْفَرَاشِkal-farāshilike moths
ٱلْمَبْثُوثِl-mabthūthiscattered

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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