The Calamity
Al-Qari'ah
101:1
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the Name of Allah—the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.
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101:2
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Disaster!
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101:3
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Disaster?
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101:4
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you realize what the Striking Disaster is?
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101:5
يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
˹It is˺ the Day people will be like scattered moths,
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101:6
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains will be like carded wool.
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101:7
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
So as for those whose scale is heavy ˹with good deeds˺,
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101:8
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ
they will be in a life of bliss.
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101:9
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
And as for those whose scale is light,
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101:10
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ
their home will be the abyss.
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101:11
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ
And what will make you realize what that is?
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101:12
نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ
˹It is˺ a scorching Fire.
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