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101. Al-Qaari'a Browse all Surahs

القارعة

Surah Al-Qaari'a

Meaning of the name: The Calamity

Makkan Ayat 11

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Listen to this Surah Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary · Murattal

Recitation by Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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

  1. 1

    ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

    The Striking Calamity!

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  2. 2

    مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

    What is the Striking Calamity?

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  3. 3

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

    How do you know what the Striking Calamity is?

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  4. 4

    يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

    On that Day people will be like scattered moths[1],

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    Translation footnote [1]

    [1] After having been thrown out of their graves.

  5. 5

    وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

    and the mountains will be like carded wool[2].

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    Translation footnote [2]

    [2] As they disintegrate.

  6. 6

    فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

    Then the one whose scales of good deeds are heavy,

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  7. 7

    فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

    will have a pleasant life[3].

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    Translation footnote [3]

    [3] In Paradise.

  8. 8

    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

    But the one whose scales of good deeds are light,

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  9. 9

    فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ

    his abode will be the abyss[4].

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    Translation footnote [4]

    [4] Hāwiyah: the pit of Hellfire.

  10. 10

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

    And how do you know what it is?

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  11. 11

    نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

    It is a Blazing Fire.

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