Surah 101 of 114
Surah Al-Qari'a
سُورَةُ الْقَارِعَةِ
Also written Al-Qāriʿah, Al-Qaari'a.
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity -
101:1 - مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity?
101:2 - وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
101:3 - يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
101:4 - وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
101:5 - فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
101:6 - فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ
He will be in a pleasant life.
101:7 - وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
But as for one whose scales are light,
101:8 - فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةࣱ
His refuge will be an abyss.
101:9 - وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what can make you know what that is?
101:10 - نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
101:11
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