Surah Al-Qari'ah
Quran 101:3
Read Quran 101:3 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 101:3
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ٣
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
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
- 3 of 11
- Revelation
- Meccan (revealed in Mecca)
- Reference
- 101:3
Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 101:3
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 .