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