Al-Qaari'a
The Calamity
Meccan
11 verses
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1 قَارِعَةُ
The Catastrophe!
2 مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Catastrophe?
3 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What will show you what is the Catastrophe?
4 يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
[It is] the day when mankind will be like scattered moths
5 وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains like carded wool.
6 فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
As for him, whose deeds weigh heavy in the scales,
7 فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
he will have a pleasing life.
8 وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
But as for him, whose deeds weigh light in the scales,
9 فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
his home will be the Abyss.
10 وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what will show you what it is?
11 نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
It is a scorching fire!
