Surah 101 • 11 Verses • Meccan
القارعة
Al-Qari'ah
The Calamity
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Verse 1 of 11
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ﴿1﴾
The Striking Calamity -
Translation: Sahih International
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ﴿2﴾
What is the Striking Calamity?
Translation: Sahih International
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ﴿3﴾
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Translation: Sahih International
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ﴿4﴾
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,1
Translation: Sahih International
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ﴿5﴾
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.1
Translation: Sahih International
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ﴿6﴾
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Translation: Sahih International
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ﴿7﴾
He will be in a pleasant life.
Translation: Sahih International
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ﴿8﴾
But as for one whose scales are light,
Translation: Sahih International
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ﴿9﴾
His refuge1 will be an abyss.2
Translation: Sahih International
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ﴿10﴾
And what can make you know what that is?
Translation: Sahih International
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ﴿11﴾
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Translation: Sahih International