ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 1
The Striking Calamity
Surah Al-Qari'ah
القارعةAyahs 1–11 · Makki · 11 Ayahs · Surah 101
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 2
What is the Striking Calamity
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 3
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity
يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ 4
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ 5
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ 6
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds]
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ 7
He will be in a pleasant life
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ 8
But as for one whose scales are light
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ 9
His refuge will be an abyss
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ 10
And what can make you know what that is
نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ 11
It is a Fire, intensely hot