القارعة

Surah Al-Qaari'a

Meaning of the name: The Calamity

Makkan Ayat 11

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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

1

ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

The Striking Calamity!

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2

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

What is the Striking Calamity?

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3

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

How do you know what the Striking Calamity is?

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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

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

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Then the one whose scales of good deeds are heavy,

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7

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

will have a pleasant life[3].

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Translation footnote [3]

[3] In Paradise.
8

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

But the one whose scales of good deeds are light,

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9

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ

his abode will be the abyss[4].

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Translation footnote [4]

[4] Hāwiyah: the pit of Hellfire.
10

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

And how do you know what it is?

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11

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

It is a Blazing Fire.

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Surah Al-Qaari'a

Arabic with an established translation