Surah 101

سورة القارعة

Al-Qari'ah

The Calamity

  • 11 ayahs
  • Revealed in Makkah
  • Juz 30
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful

  1. 101:1

    ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 

    The Striking Calamity

  2. 101:2

    مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 

    What is the Striking Calamity

  3. 101:3

    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 

    And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity

  4. 101:4

    يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ 

    It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed

  5. 101:5

    وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ 

    And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up

  6. 101:6

    فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ 

    Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds]

  7. 101:7

    فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ 

    He will be in a pleasant life

  8. 101:8

    وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ 

    But as for one whose scales are light

  9. 101:9

    فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ 

    His refuge will be an abyss

  10. 101:10

    وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ 

    And what can make you know what that is

  11. 101:11

    نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ 

    It is a Fire, intensely hot

Quran text: Tanzil (tanzil.net). Translation: Saheeh International. Recitation: Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Husary.

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Recited by Sheikh al-Husary