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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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A summary of the Tafsir of al-Tabari.

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Abridged by Dr. 'Aqil ibn Salim al-Shammari.

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Surah al-Qari'ah (The Striking Calamity).

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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

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The Striking Calamity.

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What is the Striking Calamity?

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“Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!” (101:3)

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The Day when people will be.

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Like moths dispersed.

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“And the mountains will become as carded wool.” (101:5)

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The Striking Calamity.

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Meaning the Hour whose terror strikes the hearts of people.

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And the magnitude of the affliction that descends upon them at that time.

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That is a morning after which there is no night.

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What is the Striking Calamity?

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What is this Hour?

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Whose terror strikes all of creation.

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Meaning, how great, how terrible, and how horrifying it is.

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And what could make you know, O Muhammad, what the Striking Calamity is?

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The Striking Calamity is the Day when people will be like moths.

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Which are those that cast themselves into fire and lamps.

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They are neither mosquitoes nor flies.

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And by "dispersed," it means scattered.

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And the mountains will be like carded wool.

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“Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),” (101:6)

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He shall be in a pleasant life.

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“But as for him whose scales are light,” (101:8)

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His refuge will be the Abyss (Hawiyah).

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“Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -” (101:10)

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A scorching Fire.

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As for him whose scales of good deeds are heavy.

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He shall be in a life he is pleased with in Paradise.

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And as for him whose scale of good deeds is light.

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His refuge and dwelling place will be the Abyss.

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Into which he will fall headlong into Hell.

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The Fire is described as a "mother" (ummah).

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Because it has become his refuge, just as a mother shelters her child.

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Since he has no other refuge, it is made for him.

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In the position of a mother.

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And what could make you know, O Muhammad, what the Abyss is?

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Then He explained what it is, saying:

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A fire that has been intensely heated by fuel.