# Kaf-Ra-Ayn — قرع (qrE)

> Occurs in 5 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/qrE

- **Meaning:** 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.
- **Derived forms:** قَارِعَة (5)

## Verses containing this root

### 13. Surah Ar-Ra'd, Verse 31

- **Form in this verse:** قَارِعَةٌ — qāriʿatun · "a disaster"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case · indefinite

وَلَوْ اَنَّ قُرْاٰناً سُيِّرَتْ بِهِ الْجِبَالُ اَوْ قُطِّعَتْ بِهِ الْاَرْضُ اَوْ كُلِّمَ بِهِ الْمَوْتٰىۜ بَلْ لِلّٰهِ الْاَمْرُ جَم۪يعاًۜ اَفَلَمْ يَايْـَٔسِ الَّذ۪ينَ اٰمَنُٓوا اَنْ لَوْ يَشَٓاءُ اللّٰهُ لَهَدَى النَّاسَ جَم۪يعاًۜ وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا تُص۪يبُهُمْ بِمَا صَنَعُوا قَارِعَةٌ اَوْ تَحُلُّ قَر۪يباً مِنْ دَارِهِمْ حَتّٰى يَأْتِيَ وَعْدُ اللّٰهِۜ اِنَّ اللّٰهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْم۪يعَادَ۟

Walaw anna qur-anan suyyirat bihialjibalu aw quttiAAat bihi al-ardu awkullima bihi almawta bal lillahi al-amru jameeAAanafalam yay-asi allatheena amanoo an law yashaoAllahu lahada annasa jameeAAan walayazalu allatheena kafaroo tuseebuhum bimasanaAAoo qariAAatun aw tahullu qareeban mindarihim hatta ya/tiya waAAdu Allahiinna Allaha la yukhlifu almeeAAad

And were there a recitation whereby the mountains were set in motion, or the earth rent asunder, or the dead caused to speak[...]. The truth is, to God belongs the command altogether. Have not those who heed warning despaired that, had God willed, He would have guided mankind all together? And those who ignore warning: disaster will cease not to strike them for what they have wrought, or to descend near their abodes, until the promise of God comes; God will not break the appointment.

_https://quran.so/surah-ar-rad/verse-31.md_

### 69. Surah Al-Haqqah, Verse 4

- **Form in this verse:** بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ — bil-qāriʿati · "the Striking Calamity"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · genitive case

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌ بِالْقَارِعَةِ

Kaththabat thamoodu waAAadun bilqariAAa

Thamūd and ʿĀd denied the Calamity.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-haqqah/verse-4.md_

### 101. Surah Al-Qari'ah, Verse 1

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَارِعَةُ — al-qāriʿatu · "The Striking Calamity"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

اَلْقَارِعَةُۙ

AlqariAAa

The Calamity!

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qariah/verse-1.md_

### 101. Surah Al-Qari'ah, Verse 2

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَارِعَةُ — l-qāriʿatu · "(is) the Striking Calamity"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

مَا الْقَارِعَةُۚ

Ma alqariAAa

What is the Calamity?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qariah/verse-2.md_

### 101. Surah Al-Qari'ah, Verse 3

- **Form in this verse:** ٱلْقَارِعَةُ — l-qāriʿatu · "(is) the Striking Calamity"
  - **Grammar:** noun · feminine · nominative case

وَمَٓا اَدْرٰيكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُۜ

Wama adraka ma alqariAAa

And what will convey to thee what the Calamity is?

_https://quran.so/surah-al-qariah/verse-3.md_

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