The Holy Quran 101:4 — Surah Al-Qari'ah

Arabic text

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

Translation

(The knocker is) The day (of Qiyaamah) when (after emerging from their graves) people will become (out of fear) like scattered moths (running in confusion towards the Plain of Reckoning)...

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

People will be like scattered moths: so that each one rushes off restlessly in a direction of his own. That is, the comparison with moths is made in respect of weakness, great numbers, restlessness and the disorder of their movement.

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