Al-Qaari'a

The Calamity • Meccan • 11 verses

سُورَةُ القَارِعَةِ

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

101:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
OH, the sudden calamity!
101:2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
How awesome the sudden calamity!
101:3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what could make thee conceive what that sudden calamity will be?
101:4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion,
101:5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains will be like fluffy tufts of wool....
101:6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
And then, he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance
101:7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
shall find himself in a happy' state of life;
101:8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
whereas he whose weight is light in the balance
101:9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ
shall be engulfed by an abyss.
101:10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what could make thee conceive what that [abyss] will be?
101:11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
A fire hotly burning!