Surah Al-Qari'ah (القارعة)
Surah Al-Qari'ah — “The Calamity” — is the 101st surah (chapter) of the Holy Qur'an. It has 11 verses (ayat), was revealed in Makkah, and is found in Juz 30 (pages 600–600 of the standard Madani mushaf).
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Full recitation by Mishary Rashid Alafasy.
Read Surah Al-Qari'ah in Arabic with English translation
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿1﴾
1. The Striking Calamity -
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿2﴾
2. What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿3﴾
3. And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ﴿4﴾
4. It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ﴿5﴾
5. And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿6﴾
6. Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ ﴿7﴾
7. He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿8﴾
8. But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ ﴿9﴾
9. His refuge will be an abyss.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ﴿10﴾
10. And what can make you know what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ﴿11﴾
11. It is a Fire, intensely hot.
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Arabic text: Tanzil Project (Uthmani script). Translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy.
