Tafseer Surah Qaari’ah: The Striking Calamity
This is post #30 in our series on Tafseer of Juz ‘Amma (click the link to see all posts in this series).
Allah says, in Surah Qaari’ah:
الْقَارِعَةُ
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Translation: The Striking Calamity – What is the Striking Calamity? And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity? [Surah Qaariah, verses 1-3]
As we mentioned, the phrase in verse three–“wa maa adaraaka maa …,” is a phrase that means that, you cannot understand this thing–Al-Qaari’ah, the striking calamity. And you will never understand Al-Qaari’ah.