وَلَوْ أَنَّ قُرْءَانًا سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ ٱلْجِبَالُ أَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ ٱلْمَوْتَىٰ بَل لِّلَّهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ جَمِيعًا أَفَلَمْ يَا۟يْـَٔسِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ أَن لَّوْ يَشَآءُ ٱللَّهُ لَهَدَى ٱلنَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَلَا يَزَالُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ تُصِيبُهُم بِمَا صَنَعُوا۟ قَارِعَةٌ أَوْ تَحُلُّ قَرِيبًا مِّن دَارِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِىَ وَعْدُ ٱللَّهِ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ ٱلْمِيعَادَ
Quran glossary · draft
قرع
striking calamity
A calamity that strikes people with overwhelming shock.
Lexical scope
Scope: curated segment set · Occurrences: 5
Roots: قرع
Lemmas: قارعة
Forms: قَارِعَةُ · قَارِعَةٌ · قَارِعَةِ
Occurrence examples (5 of 5)
Scoped occurrences shown in Quran order: 5.
كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Why this meaning was chosen
The indefinite occurrence names a calamity that repeatedly strikes rejecters, while the four definite occurrences designate the overwhelming eschatological event. The immediate continuation of surah 101 describes people scattered and mountains loosened, supporting one intensified striking-event core.