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Surah 101 · Meccan · 11 Ayahs

Surah Al-Qari'ah

The Calamity

سورة القارعة
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. 1

    ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

    The Striking Calamity -

  2. 2

    مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

    What is the Striking Calamity?

  3. 3

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

    And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

  4. 4

    يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

    It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

  5. 5

    وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

    And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

  6. 6

    فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

    Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

  7. 7

    فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

    He will be in a pleasant life.

  8. 8

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

    But as for one whose scales are light,

  9. 9

    فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ

    His refuge will be an abyss.

  10. 10

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

    And what can make you know what that is?

  11. 11

    نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

    It is a Fire, intensely hot.

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