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Surah 101 · 11 Ayahs

Al-Qari'ah

Surah Al-Qari'ah (“The Calamity”) is a Meccan surah of 11 ayahs.

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

  1. 101:1
    الْقَارِعَةُ١

    The Calamity!

  2. 101:2
    مَا الْقَارِعَةُ٢

    What is the Calamity?

  3. 101:3
    وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ٣

    Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!

  4. 101:4
    يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ٤

    A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

  5. 101:5
    وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ٥

    And the mountains will become as carded wool.

  6. 101:6
    فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ٦

    Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),

  7. 101:7
    فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ٧

    He will live a pleasant life.

  8. 101:8
    وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ٨

    But as for him whose scales are light,

  9. 101:9
    فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ٩

    A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

  10. 101:10
    وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ١٠

    Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -

  11. 101:11
    نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ١١

    Raging Fire.

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.