The Striking Disaster
Al-Qāri'ah
القارعة
LEARNING POINTS
on judgment day, mountains will be blown away and people will rush out of their graves and go in different directions like insects.
those who did good in this world will end up in jannah, and those who did evil will be stuck in the fire of jahannam.
when we do good, we benefit ourselves and when we do wrong, we harm ourselves.
SIDE STORY
Allah ordered us to do good and avoid evil. On Judgment Day, our good deeds will take us to Jannah for obeying Allah. Those who do evil will pay the price for disobeying Him.
According to a fictional story, there was a king who had two servants. One day, he gave them both money and asked each of them to go to the store and fill up a cart only with food. They went together to the market. The first one filled up his cart with fruits, vegetables, bread, juice, chocolate, and water. The other one ignored the king's orders and said, ""Il just buy all the stuff I desire." So, he filled up his cart with clothes, shoes, belts, and toilet paper. When they both returned to the king, he ordered his guards, "Lock each of them up in a room for two weeks, and let each eat what he got from the store!" The first one had no problenm because he listened to the king. So, for two weeks, he was relaxing on a couch, enjoying all the amazing food he brought from the store. The second one freaked out when they put him in the room. He was left with nothing to eat except the new shoes and toilet paper. So, he ended up dying in a few days.
The lesson here is that we don't benefit Allah when we obey Him, and we don't harm Him when we disobey Him. We only benefit or harm ourselves.
JUDGING GOOD AND EVIL DEEDS
1The Striking Hour! 2What is the Striking Hour? 3And what will make you realize what the Striking Hour is? 4It is' the Day people will be like scattered moths, 5and the mountains will be like fluffed up wool. 6So as for those whose scale is heavy 'with good deeds', 7they will be in a life of enjoyment. 8And as for those whose scale is light, 9their home will be the depths of Hell. 10And what will make you realize what that is? 11It is' a burning Fire.
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 1مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 2وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 3يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ 4وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ 5فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ 6فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ 7وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ 8فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ 9وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ 10نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ11