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Surah 101 · 11 ayat
Al-Qaari'a
The Calamity
القارعة
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
MeaningThe Calamity!
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مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
MeaningWhat is the Calamity?
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
MeaningAh, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
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يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
MeaningA day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
MeaningAnd the mountains will become as carded wool.
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فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
MeaningThen, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
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فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
MeaningHe will live a pleasant life.
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
MeaningBut as for him whose scales are light,
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فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
MeaningA bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
MeaningAh, what will convey unto thee what she is! –
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نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
MeaningRaging Fire.
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Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.
Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.
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