7. Imām Ibn ʿĀmir, who was a native of Syria. His date is uncertain.
AL-QĀRIʿAH (القارعة). “The Striking.” The title of the CIst Sūrah of the Qurʾān, which begins with the words, “The Striking! What is the Striking? And what shall make thee understand how terrible the striking will be.”
Jalālu ʾd-dīn says it is one of the epithets given to the last day, because it will strike the hearts of all creatures with terror.
QARĪN (قرين). Lit. “The one united.” The demon which is said to be indissolubly united with every man. (See Mishkāt, book xiii. ch. xv.; also Qurʾān, [Sūrah xli. 24]; [Sūrah xliii. 35]; [Sūrah l. 22].)
QARĪNAH (قرينة). The context. A term used in theological and exegetical works.
QĀRŪN (قارون). [[KORAH].]
QARẒ (قرض). Lit. “Cutting.” (1) A word used in the Qurʾān for good deeds done for God, for which a future recompense will be awarded, e.g. [Sūrah v. 15]: “Lend God a liberal loan and I will surely put away from you your evil deeds, and will cause you to enter gardens through which rivers flow.”
(2) Money advanced as a loan without interest, to be repaid at the pleasure of the borrower.
(3) The word is used in Persian, Urdū, and Pushtoo for money lent at interest, but the legal term for such a debt is ribā.
QASAM (قسم). [[OATH].]