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101. Al-Qari'ah

القارعةThe Striking Calamity · 11 verses

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Noon, meem and ghunnah

Madd (lengthening)

Qalqalah

Not pronounced

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ﴿١﴾

The Calamity

مَا لْقَارِعَةُ﴿٢﴾

What is the Calamity

وَمَ أَرَىكَ مَا لْقَارِعَةُ﴿٣﴾

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ اسُ كَلْفَرَاشِ لْمَثُثِ﴿٤﴾

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

وَتَكُونُ لْجِبَالُ كَلْعِهْنِ لْمَشِ﴿٥﴾

And the mountains will become as carded wool

فَأَا مَقُلَتْ مَوَزِينُهُۥ﴿٦﴾

Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works)

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةاضِيَةٍ﴿٧﴾

He will live a pleasant life

وَأَا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَزِينُهُۥ﴿٨﴾

But as for him whose scales are light

فَأُهُ هَاوِيَةٌ﴿٩﴾

A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother

وَمَ أَرَىكَ مَا هِيَهْ﴿١٠﴾

Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ﴿١١﴾

Raging Fire

Arabic text: Tanzil Qur'an Text (Uthmani), copyright © 2007–2026 Tanzil Project, used unaltered, tanzil.net. Tajweed positions: quran-tajweed by Collin Fair, CC BY 4.0. English: Marmaduke Pickthall (1930).