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Qaf-Ra-Ayn
to knock, strike, beat, hit the butt, gnash (the teeth), strike with severity.
qari'atun
great calamity that destroys a nation, adversity that comes suddenly, a name of the day of resurrection, great abuse.
qari'ah
n.f. act. sing.
13:31
وَلَوْ أَنَّ قُرْآنا ً سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الأَرْضُ أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتَى بَلْ لِلَّهِ الأَمْرُ جَمِيعاً أَفَلَمْ يَيْئَسِ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَنْ لَوْ يَشَاءُ اللَّهُ لَهَدَى النَّاسَ جَمِيعا ً وَلاَ يَزَالُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا تُصِيبُهُمْ بِمَا صَنَعُوا قَارِعَةٌ أَوْ تَحُلُّ قَرِيبا ً مِنْ دَارِهِمْ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ وَعْدُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لاَ يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ
Wa Law 'Anna Qur'ānāan Suyyirat Bihi Al-Jibālu 'Aw Quţţi`at Bihi Al-'ArĐu 'Aw Kullima Bihi Al-Mawtá Bal Lillāhi Al-'Amru Jamī`āan 'Afalam Yay'asi Al-Ladhīna 'Āmanū 'An Law Yashā'u Allāhu Lahadá An-Nāsa Jamī`āan Wa Lā Yazālu Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Tuşībuhum Bimā Şana`ū Qāri`atun 'Aw Taĥullu Qarībāan Min Dārihim Ĥattá Ya'tiya Wa`du Allāhi 'Inna Allāha Lā Yukhlifu Al-Mī`āda
And if a Qur'an were to be used to move mountains, or to slice the earth, or the dead were spoken to with it. Indeed, to God are all matters. Did not those who have believed know that if God had wished He would have guided all the people? As for those who reject, they continue to be stricken with disaster or it comes near to their homes, until the promise of God comes true. God does not break the appointment.
69:4
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَاد ٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ
Kadhdhabat Thamūdu Wa `Ādun Bil-Qāri`ahi
Thamud and Aad disbelieved in the Shocker.
101:1
الْقَارِعَةُ
Al-Qāri`ahu
The Shocker.
101:2
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Mā Al-Qāri`ahu
What is the Shocker?
101:3
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Al-Qāri`ahu
And how would you know what the Shocker is?
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