ayah 1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Disaster!
The Calamity
Al-Qaari'a
سورة القارعة
11 verses · Meccan
ayah 2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Disaster?
ayah 3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you realize what the Striking Disaster is?
ayah 4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
˹It is˺ the Day people will be like scattered moths
ayah 5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains will be like carded wool.
ayah 6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
So as for those whose scale is heavy ˹with good deeds˺
ayah 7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
they will be in a life of bliss.
ayah 8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
And as for those whose scale is light
ayah 9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
their home will be the abyss.
ayah 10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what will make you realize what that is?
ayah 11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
˹It is˺ a scorching Fire.