Al-Qaari'a -- The Calamity
11 verses · meccan
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity
Ayah 1مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity
Ayah 2وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity
Ayah 3يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed
Ayah 4وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up
Ayah 5فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds]
Ayah 6فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ
He will be in a pleasant life
Ayah 7وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
But as for one whose scales are light
Ayah 8فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةࣱ
His refuge will be an abyss
Ayah 9وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ
And what can make you know what that is
Ayah 10نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ
It is a Fire, intensely hot
Ayah 11