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101. Al-Qaari'a

القَارِعَةِ · The Calamity · 11 ayat · Meccan

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Al-Qaari'a 101:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ1

The Striking Calamity -

Al qaari'ah

Al-Qaari'a 101:2

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ2

What is the Striking Calamity?

Mal qaariah

Al-Qaari'a 101:3

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ3

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

Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah

Al-Qaari'a 101:4

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ4

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

Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth

Al-Qaari'a 101:5

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ5

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh

Al-Qaari'a 101:6

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ6

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

Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh

Al-Qaari'a 101:7

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ7

He will be in a pleasant life.

Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah

Al-Qaari'a 101:8

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ8

But as for one whose scales are light,

Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh

Al-Qaari'a 101:9

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ9

His refuge will be an abyss.

Fa-ummuhu haawiyah

Al-Qaari'a 101:10

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ10

And what can make you know what that is?

Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah

Al-Qaari'a 101:11

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ11

It is a Fire, intensely hot.

Naarun hamiyah

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