Surah 101 · 11 verses · Meccan
سُوْرَةُ الْقَارِعَةِ
Al-Qaari'a · The Calamity
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿١﴾
101:1The Striking Calamity -
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٢﴾
101:2What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٣﴾
101:3And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ﴿٤﴾
101:4It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ﴿٥﴾
101:5And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٦﴾
101:6Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ﴿٧﴾
101:7He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٨﴾
101:8But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ ﴿٩﴾
101:9His refuge will be an abyss.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ﴿١٠﴾
101:10And what can make you know what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ﴿١١﴾
101:11It is a Fire, intensely hot.