Surah Al-Qaria (القَارعَة)
Surah Al-Qaria (القَارعَة, “The Striking Calamity”) is chapter 101 of the Quran, a Meccan surah with 11 ayat in Juz 30. Read online with translation and audio.
Ayat 1–11
اَلۡقَارِعَةُۙ ١
101:1The Calamity!
مَا الۡقَارِعَةُ ۚ ٢
101:2What is the Calamity?
وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡقَارِعَةُؕ ٣
101:3Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
يَوۡمَ يَكُوۡنُ النَّاسُ كَالۡفَرَاشِ الۡمَبۡثُوۡثِۙ ٤
101:4A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths
وَتَكُوۡنُ الۡجِبَالُ كَالۡعِهۡنِ الۡمَنۡفُوۡشِؕ ٥
101:5And the mountains will become as carded wool.
فَاَمَّا مَنۡ ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَازِيۡنُهٗۙ ٦
101:6Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فَهُوَ فِىۡ عِيۡشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍؕ ٧
101:7He will live a pleasant life.
وَاَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَازِيۡنُهٗۙ ٨
101:8But as for him whose scales are light,
فَاُمُّهٗ هَاوِيَةٌؕ ٩
101:9The bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا هِيَهۡؕ ١٠
101:10Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ ١١
101:11Raging Fire.
