Al-Qaari'a -- The Calamity

11 verses · meccan

ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ

The Striking Calamity

Ayah 1

مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ

What is the Striking Calamity

Ayah 2

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity

Ayah 3

يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ

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

Ayah 4

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up

Ayah 5

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

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

Ayah 6

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ‏

He will be in a pleasant life

Ayah 7

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

But as for one whose scales are light

Ayah 8

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةࣱ‏

His refuge will be an abyss

Ayah 9

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ

And what can make you know what that is

Ayah 10

نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ

It is a Fire, intensely hot

Ayah 11