Surah Al-Qari'ah

Quran 101:1

Read Quran 101:1 from Surah Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

Quran verse

Qur'an 101:1

الْقَارِعَةُ١

The Calamity!

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.

Surah
101. Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity)
Ayah
1 of 11
Revelation
Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
Reference
101:1

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 101:1

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic. This commentary explains ayahs 101:1-3 together.

{ الْقَارِعَةُ } من أسماء يوم القيامة، سميت بذلك، لأنها تقرع الناس وتزعجهم بأهوالها، ولهذا عظم أمرها وفخمه .