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Al-Qari'ah

Translation: Pickthall

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

The Calamity! 101:1

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

What is the Calamity? 101:2

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is! 101:3

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths 101:4

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

And the mountains will become as carded wool. 101:5

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works), 101:6

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

He will live a pleasant life. 101:7

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

But as for him whose scales are light, 101:8

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ

A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother, 101:9

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! - 101:10

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

Raging Fire. 101:11