سُورَةُ القَارِعَةِ
Al-Qaari'a
The Calamity
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillaahir Rahmaanir Raheem
“In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.”
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Al qaari'ah
Sahih International
The Striking Calamity -
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Mal qaariah
Sahih International
What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah
Sahih International
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth
Sahih International
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh
Sahih International
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh
Sahih International
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah
Sahih International
He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh
Sahih International
But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ
Fa-ummuhu haawiyah
Sahih International
His refuge will be an abyss.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah
Sahih International
And what can make you know what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
Naarun hamiyah
Sahih International
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Sources & Credits
- Arabic Text: Tanzil Quran-Uthmani (Madinah Mushaf script)
- English Translation: Sahih International
- Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy
- Tafsir: Tafsir al-Jalalayn (English)
- Data: AlQuran.cloud public Quran API
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Source: Tafsir al-Jalalayn
