Al-Qari'ah
The Calamity
Chapter 101Meccan11 Verses
Verse 1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُal-qāriʿatuThe Striking Calamity
Translation
The Striking Calamity
Verse 2
مَاmāWhat
ٱلْقَارِعَةُl-qāriʿatu(is) the Striking Calamity
Translation
What (is) the Striking Calamity
Verse 3
وَمَآwamāAnd what
أَدْرَىٰكَadrākawill make you know
مَاmāwhat
ٱلْقَارِعَةُl-qāriʿatu(is) the Striking Calamity
Translation
And what will make you know what (is) the Striking Calamity
Verse 4
يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
يَكُونُyakūnuwill be
ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe mankind
كَٱلْفَرَاشِkal-farāshilike moths
ٱلْمَبْثُوثِl-mabthūthiscattered
Translation
(The) Day will be the mankind like moths scattered
Verse 5
وَتَكُونُwatakūnuAnd will be
ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountains
كَٱلْعِهْنِkal-ʿih'nilike wool
ٱلْمَنفُوشِl-manfūshifluffed up
Translation
And will be the mountains like wool fluffed up
Verse 6
فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as for
مَنman(him) whose
ثَقُلَتْthaqulat(are) heavy
مَوَٰزِينُهُۥmawāzīnuhuhis scales
Translation
Then as for (him) whose (are) heavy his scales
Verse 7
فَهُوَfahuwaThen he
فِىfī(will be) in
عِيشَةٍۢʿīshatina life
رَّاضِيَةٍۢrāḍiyatinpleasant
Translation
Then he (will be) in a life pleasant
Verse 8
وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as for
مَنْman(him) whose
خَفَّتْkhaffat(are) light
مَوَٰزِينُهُۥmawāzīnuhuhis scales
Translation
But as for (him) whose (are) light his scales
Verse 9
فَأُمُّهُۥfa-ummuhuHis abode
هَاوِيَةٌۭhāwiyatun(will be the) Pit
Translation
His abode (will be the) Pit
Verse 10
وَمَآwamāAnd what
أَدْرَىٰكَadrākawill make you know
مَاmāwhat
هِيَهْhiyahit is
Translation
And what will make you know what it is
Verse 11
نَارٌnārunA Fire
حَامِيَةٌۢḥāmiyatunintensely hot
Translation
A Fire intensely hot