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القارعة

101. Al-Qaari'a

The Calamity · Meccan · 11 verses

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Bismi Allāhi ar-raḥmāni ar-raḥīm

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

101:1

ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿١﴾

Al-qāriʿah

The Calamity!

101:2

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٢﴾

Mā al-qāriʿah

What is the Calamity?

101:3

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٣﴾

Wamā adrāka mā al-qāriʿah

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!

101:4

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ﴿٤﴾

Yawma yakūnu an-nāsu kal-farāshi al-mabthūth

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

101:5

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ﴿٥﴾

Watakūnu al-jibālu kal-ʿihni al-manfūsh

And the mountains will become as carded wool.

101:6

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٦﴾

Faʾammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuh

Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),

101:7

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ﴿٧﴾

Fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyah

He will live a pleasant life.

101:8

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٨﴾

Waʾammā man khaffat mawāzīnuh

But as for him whose scales are light,

101:9

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ ﴿٩﴾

Faʾummuhu hāwiyah

A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

101:10

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ﴿١٠﴾

Wamā adrāka mā hiyah

Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -

101:11

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ﴿١١﴾

Nārun ḥāmiyah

Raging Fire.

Arabic: the Uthmani text of the Tanzil Project, used unchanged under CC BY 3.0. Quran text © Tanzil Project - check tanzil.net/updates for changes.

Transliteration: made by Anoor from the Tanzil text, each word as it is said on its own - in recitation the words run together.

Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain.

Plain English: written by Anoor from Tafsir al-Jalalayn (al-Mahalli and al-Suyuti), one of the most widely read classical commentaries. It is a simple explanation, not a scholarly commentary - for a ruling or a deeper reading, ask a scholar. Something wrong? Tell us.