Al-Qaari'a -
The Calamity
Meccan
سورة القارعة
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem
Al qaari'ah
2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Mal qaariah
What is the Striking Calamity?
3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
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فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah
He will be in a pleasant life.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh
But as for one whose scales are light,
9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ
Fa-ummuhu haawiyah
His refuge will be an abyss.
10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
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نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
Naarun hamiyah
It is a Fire, intensely hot.