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?