The Clatterer (Al-Qari‘ah)
Verses 1-11 GROUP_1585 101.1-11
1
الْقَارِعَةُ
The Clatterer!
2
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Clatterer?
3
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Would that you knew what the Clatterer is!
4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
[It is] a Day when mankind shall be like scattered moths
5
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains like tufts of carded wool.
6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Then, the one whose good deeds weigh heavy on the scales,
7
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
will have a most pleasing life.
8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
But as for him whose deeds are light on the scales,
9
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
the Abyss shall be his home.
10
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
What will convey to you what this is like?
11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
It is a blazing fire.
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Commentary
(a) The turmoil of Doomsday will smash everything. People will completely lose their bearings. Thereafter a new world will come into existence where only Truth will carry weight. All falsity will be set at naught. In the present world, the approval of the people prevails. Here things carry weight according to the likes and dislikes of men. The world of the Hereafter is the world of God, where everything will be subservient to His will. In the present world the deeds performed are judged according to their appearance. In the Hereafter deeds will be judged according to their inner reality. The more sincere a man’s deeds, the more importance they will be given. The deed which is devoid of sincerity will carry absolutely no weight in the Hereafter, however significant it might have seemed to the superficial people of the present world.