Surah Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity)

سُورَةُ القارعة

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ﴿١﴾

   101:1 The Striking Calamity -

2. مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ﴿٢﴾

   101:2 What is the Striking Calamity?

3. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ﴿٣﴾

   101:3 And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

4. يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ ﴿٤﴾

   101:4 It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,[1975]

   Notes

   [1975] The people will be as such after having been expelled from their graves.

5. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ﴿٥﴾

   101:5 And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.[1976]

   Notes

   [1976] i.e., beginning to disintegrate.

6. فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٦﴾

   101:6 Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

7. فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ﴿٧﴾

   101:7 He will be in a pleasant life.

8. وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٨﴾

   101:8 But as for one whose scales are light,

9. فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ ﴿٩﴾

   101:9 His refuge[1977] will be an abyss.[1978]

   Notes

   [1977] Literally, "mother" (a man's original refuge) , which will envelop him as in an embrace. [1978] i.e., the pit of Hellfire.

10. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ ﴿١٠﴾

    101:10 And what can make you know what that is?

11. نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ ﴿١١﴾

    101:11 It is a Fire, intensely hot.