Surah Al-Qari'ah
Quran 101:2
Read Quran 101:2 from Surah Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.
Quran verse
Qur'an 101:2
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ٢
What is 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
- 2 of 11
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 101:2
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 101:2
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 .