Read surah Al-Qaari'a
Surah information
Name
سُورَةُ القَارِعَةِ
English name
Al-Qaari'a
Translation
The Calamity
Number
101
Ayahs
11
Revelation
Meccan
Translations
بِسْمِ ٱللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
1
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
OH, the sudden calamity!
2
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
How awesome the sudden calamity!
3
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
And what could make thee conceive what that sudden calamity will be?
4
یَوۡمَ یَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion,
5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains will be like fluffy tufts of wool....
6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَ ٰزِینُهُۥ
And then, he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance
7
فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ
shall find himself in a happy' state of life;
8
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَ ٰزِینُهُۥ
whereas he whose weight is light in the balance
9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِیَةࣱ
shall be engulfed by an abyss.
10
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِیَهۡ
And what could make thee conceive what that [abyss] will be?