بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ﴿١﴾
The Calamity
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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
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﴾
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