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Information About Surah Al-Qaari'a

Type of Surah Al-Qaari'a: Meccan
Number of verses in Surah Al-Qaari'a: 11
Order of Surah Al-Qaari'a in Quran: 101
Order of revelation: 30
Surah name in English: The Calamity
Page numbers in Quran: page 600
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Translation: Saheeh International
Tafsir: Arberry

Surah Al-Qaari'a
سُورَةُ القَارِعَةِ
Page 600 (Verses from 1 to 11)

ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿1﴾ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿2﴾ وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿3﴾ يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ﴿4﴾ وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ﴿5﴾ فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿6﴾ فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ﴿7﴾ وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿8﴾ فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ ﴿9﴾ وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ﴿10﴾ نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ﴿11﴾

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ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿1﴾

English Translation

The Striking Calamity - (1)

English Transliteration

AlqariAAatu (1)

The Clatterer! (1)

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿2﴾

English Translation

What is the Striking Calamity? (2)

English Transliteration

Ma alqariAAatu (2)

What is the Clatterer? (2)

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿3﴾

English Translation

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity? (3)

English Transliteration

Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu (3)

And what shall teach thee what is the Clatterer? (3)

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ﴿4﴾

English Translation

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed, (4)

English Transliteration

Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi (4)

The day that men shall be like scattered moths, (4)

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ﴿5﴾

English Translation

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up. (5)

English Transliteration

Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi (5)

and the mountains shall be like plucked wool-tufts. (5)

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿6﴾

English Translation

Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds], (6)

English Transliteration

Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu (6)

Then he whose deeds weigh heavy in the Balance (6)

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ﴿7﴾

English Translation

He will be in a pleasant life. (7)

English Transliteration

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin (7)

shall inherit a pleasing life, (7)

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿8﴾

English Translation

But as for one whose scales are light, (8)

English Transliteration

Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu (8)

but he whose deeds weigh light in the Balance (8)

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ ﴿9﴾

English Translation

His refuge will be an abyss. (9)

English Transliteration

Faommuhu hawiyatun (9)

shall plunge in the womb of the Pit. (9)

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ﴿10﴾

English Translation

And what can make you know what that is? (10)

English Transliteration

Wama adraka ma hiyah (10)

And what shall teach thee what is the Pit? (10)

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ﴿11﴾

English Translation

It is a Fire, intensely hot. (11)

English Transliteration

Narun hamiyatun (11)

A blazing Fire! (11)

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