Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Qaari'a, Ayah 2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity?
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What is the Clattering Blow? — intended to emphasise its awesomeness mā’l-qāri‘a both of these elements constitute a subject and a predicate and together the predicate of the first al-qāri‘a.
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Ibn Abbas Commentary
What is the Calamity?) He says: the Hour! What is the Hour? He said this to arouse his wonder; the Hour is called Calamity because it shakes people's hearts.