Al-Qari'ah

Basmala, before verse 1: بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. Verse 1:

   ٱلْقَارِعَةُ1

   The Striking Calamity -

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2. Verse 2:

   مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ2

   What is the Striking Calamity?

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3. Verse 3:

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ3

   And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

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4. Verse 4:

   يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ4

   It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,^{note 1975}

   Notes, Verse 4

   [1975] The people will be as such after having been expelled from their graves.

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5. Verse 5:

   وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ5

   And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.^{note 1976}

   Notes, Verse 5

   [1976] i.e., beginning to disintegrate.

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6. Verse 6:

   فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ6

   Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

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7. Verse 7:

   فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ7

   He will be in a pleasant life.

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8. Verse 8:

   وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ8

   But as for one whose scales are light,

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9. Verse 9:

   فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ9

   His refuge^{note 1977} will be an abyss.^{note 1978}

   Notes, Verse 9

   [1977] Literally, "mother" (a man's original refuge) , which will envelop him as in an embrace.

   [1978] i.e., the pit of Hellfire.

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10. Verse 10:

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ10

    And what can make you know what that is?

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11. Verse 11:

    نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ11

    It is a Fire, intensely hot.

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