Al-Qari'atu

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Al-Qari'atu is the striking, cataclysmic event described at the beginning of Surah Al-Qari'ah in the Qur'an, referring to the Day of Judgment.

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Label Occurrences
Al-Qari'atu canonical 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Islamic eschatological concept ⓘ
Qur'anic term ⓘ
event of the Day of Judgment ⓘ
addressedTo all humanity ⓘ
appearsInQuranJuz 30 ⓘ
associatedWith Islamic eschatology ⓘ
divine judgment ⓘ
resurrection ⓘ
canonicalStatus part of the Qur'anic text accepted by all major Islamic schools ⓘ
consequenceIncludes punishment for light scales of good deeds ⓘ
reward for heavy scales of good deeds ⓘ
weighing of deeds ⓘ
contrastedWith worldly life ⓘ
describedAs the Catastrophe ⓘ
linked to: The Calamity

the Striking Calamity ⓘ
the Striking Event ⓘ
describedBy imagery of mountains like fluffed wool ⓘ
imagery of people like scattered moths ⓘ
emphasizedBy repeated questioning 'And what can make you know what Al-Qari'ah is?' ⓘ
repeated questioning 'What is Al-Qari'ah?' ⓘ
eschatologicalRole marks the beginning of final judgment ⓘ
signals cosmic upheaval ⓘ
grammaticalForm feminine active participle (اسم فاعل) pattern ⓘ
hasQuranicChapterNumber 101 ⓘ
hasRootLetters Q-R-A (ق ر ع) ⓘ
intendedTo encourage righteous deeds ⓘ
induce fear of divine accountability ⓘ
warn about the reality of the Hereafter ⓘ
interpretedBy classical Muslim scholars ⓘ
contemporary Muslim scholars ⓘ
language Arabic ⓘ
mentionedIn Surah Al-Qari'ah ⓘ
moralImplication necessity of preparing for the Hereafter ⓘ
quranicSurahType Meccan surah ⓘ
recitedIn daily Muslim prayers and supplications ⓘ
refersTo the Day of Judgment ⓘ
linked to: Day of Judgment

the final cataclysmic event ⓘ
relatedConcept Al-Haqqah ⓘ
As-Sa'ah ⓘ
Yawm al-Qiyamah ⓘ
linked to: Day of Judgment
revealedInContextOf early Islamic preaching in Mecca ⓘ
rootMeaning to knock ⓘ
to strike ⓘ
scripture Qur'an ⓘ
linked to: Quran
studiedIn tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) ⓘ
themeOf Surah Al-Qari'ah ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Surah Al-Qari'ah → openingVerse → Al-Qari'atu ⓘ