Surah Al-Qari'ah

بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ١

   101:1

   al-qāriʿatu

   The Striking Calamity -

2. مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ٢

   101:2

   mā l-qāriʿatu

   What is the Striking Calamity?

3. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ٣

   101:3

   wamā adrāka mā l-qāriʿatu

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

4. يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ٤

   101:4

   yawma yakūnu l-nāsu kal-farāshi l-mabthūthi

   It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

5. وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ٥

   101:5

   watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'ni l-manfūshi

   And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

6. فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ٦

   101:6

   fa-ammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuhu

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

7. فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ٧

   101:7

   fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin

   He will be in a pleasant life.

8. وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ٨

   101:8

   wa-ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuhu

   But as for one whose scales are light,

9. فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ٩

   101:9

   fa-ummuhu hāwiyatun

   His refuge will be an abyss.

10. وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ١٠

    101:10

    wamā adrāka mā hiyah

    And what can make you know what that is?

11. نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ١١

    101:11

    nārun ḥāmiyatun

    It is a Fire, intensely hot.