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Surah 101

Al-Qari'ah

The Striking Hour

القارعة

11 ayat · Meccan · Juz 30

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

  1. الْقَارِعَةُ

    Al qaari'ah

    The Striking Calamity -

  2. مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

    Mal qaariah

    What is the Striking Calamity?

  3. وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

    Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah

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

  4. يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ

    Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth

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

  5. وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ

    Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh

    And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

  6. فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

    Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh

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

  7. فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

    Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah

    He will be in a pleasant life.

  8. وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

    Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh

    But as for one whose scales are light,

  9. فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ

    Fa-ummuhu haawiyah

    His refuge will be an abyss.

  10. وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ

    Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah

    And what can make you know what that is?

  11. نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ

    Naarun hamiyah

    It is a Fire, intensely hot.