Surah Al-Qari'ah القارعة

ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ١

Al-qāri'ah

The Striking Calamity -

مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٢

Mal-qāri'ah

What is the Striking Calamity?

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٣

Wamā adrāka mal-qāri'ah

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

يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ ٤

Yawma yakūnun-nāsu kal-farāshil-mabthūth

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,¹⁹⁷⁵

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ٥

Watakūnul-jibālu kal-'ihnil-manfūsh

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.¹⁹⁷⁶

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦

Fa ammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuh

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

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ٧

Fahuwa fī 'īshatir rādiyah

He will be in a pleasant life.

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨

Wa ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuh

But as for one whose scales are light,

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ ٩

Fa ummuhū hāwiyah

His refuge¹⁹⁷⁷ will be an abyss.¹⁹⁷⁸

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ ١٠

Wamā adrāka mā hiyah

And what can make you know what that is?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ ١١

Nārun hāmiyah

It is a Fire, intensely hot.