القارعة
Al-Qaari'a
The Calamity
Meccan - 11 verses
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1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ١
The Catastrophe!
2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ٢
What is the Catastrophe?
3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ٣
What will show you what is the Catastrophe?
4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ٤
[It is] the day when mankind will be like scattered moths
5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ٥
and the mountains like carded wool.
6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦
As for him, whose deeds weigh heavy in the scales,
7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ٧
he will have a pleasing life.
8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨
But as for him, whose deeds weigh light in the scales,
9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ ٩
his home will be the Abyss.
10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ١٠
And what will show you what it is?
11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ١١
It is a scorching fire!