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Surah Al-Qari'ah (القارعة) — “The Calamity” — is a Meccan chapter with 11 verses. Read the full Arabic text with translation, transliteration and audio on Al-Qalam.

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Al-Qari'ah

القارعة

The Calamity · 11 verses · Meccan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

al-qāriʿatu

The Striking Calamity -

2
مَاٱلْقَارِعَةُ

mā l-qāriʿatu

What is the Striking Calamity?

3
وَمَآأَدْرَىٰكَمَاٱلْقَارِعَةُ

wamā adrāka mā l-qāriʿatu

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

4
يَوْمَيَكُونُٱلنَّاسُكَٱلْفَرَاشِٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

yawma yakūnu l-nāsu kal-farāshi l-mabthūthi

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

5
وَتَكُونُٱلْجِبَالُكَٱلْعِهْنِٱلْمَنفُوشِ

watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'ni l-manfūshi

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

6
فَأَمَّامَنثَقُلَتْمَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

fa-ammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuhu

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

7
فَهُوَفِىعِيشَةٍۢرَّاضِيَةٍۢ

fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin

He will be in a pleasant life.

8
وَأَمَّامَنْخَفَّتْمَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

wa-ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuhu

But as for one whose scales are light,

9
فَأُمُّهُۥهَاوِيَةٌۭ

fa-ummuhu hāwiyatun

His refuge will be an abyss.

10
وَمَآأَدْرَىٰكَمَاهِيَهْ

wamā adrāka mā hiyah

And what can make you know what that is?

11
نَارٌحَامِيَةٌۢ

nārun ḥāmiyatun

It is a Fire, intensely hot.