ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity -
The Striking Disaster!
Al-Qari'ah · Surah 101 of 114 · Makkan · 11 verses
Layered translations القارعة
The Calamity
Sahih International The Clear Quran
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the Striking Disaster?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
And what will make you realize what the Striking Disaster is?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,1
˹It is˺ the Day people will be like scattered moths,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.1
and the mountains will be like carded wool.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
So as for those whose scale is heavy ˹with good deeds˺,
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
He will be in a pleasant life.
they will be in a life of bliss.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
But as for one whose scales are light,
And as for those whose scale is light,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
His refuge1 will be an abyss.2
their home will be the abyss.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what can make you know what that is?
And what will make you realize what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
˹It is˺ a scorching Fire.