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Surah 101 · Meccan

Al-Qari‘ah

The Calamity

القارعة

12 verses · Maulawi Sher Ali translation

بِسۡمِ اللّٰہِ الرَّحۡمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ ﴿۱﴾

In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.

اَلۡقَارِعَۃُ ۙ﴿۲﴾

The great Calamity!

مَا الۡقَارِعَۃُ ۚ﴿۳﴾

What is the great Calamity?

وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮکَ مَا الۡقَارِعَۃُ ؕ﴿۴﴾

And what should make thee know what the great Calamity is?

یَوۡمَ یَکُوۡنُ النَّاسُ کَالۡفَرَاشِ الۡمَبۡثُوۡثِ ۙ﴿۵﴾

The day when mankind will be like scattered moths,

وَتَکُوۡنُ الۡجِبَالُ کَالۡعِہۡنِ الۡمَنۡفُوۡشِ ؕ﴿۶﴾

And the mountains will be like carded wool.

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَازِیۡنُہٗ ۙ﴿۷﴾

Then, as for him whose scales are heavy,

فَہُوَ فِیۡ عِیۡشَۃٍ رَّاضِیَۃٍ ؕ﴿۸﴾

He will have a pleasant life.

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَازِیۡنُہٗ ۙ﴿۹﴾

But as for him whose scales are light,
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فَاُمُّہٗ ہَاوِیَۃٌ ؕ﴿۱۰﴾

[✲]Hell will be his nursing mother.

وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮکَ مَا ہِیَہۡ ﴿ؕ۱۱﴾

And what should make thee know what that is?

نَارٌ حَامِیَۃٌ ﴿٪۱۲﴾

It is a burning Fire.
Al-Qari‘ah — The Calamity
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