Al-Qariah · The Calamity

ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ١

AlqariAAatu

The Striking Calamity

مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٢

Ma alqariAAatu

What is the Striking Calamity

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٣

Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity

يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ ٤

Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi

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

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ٥

Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦

Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu

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

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ٧

Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

He will be in a pleasant life

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨

Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu

But as for one whose scales are light

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ ٩

Faommuhu hawiyatun

His refuge will be an abyss

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ ١٠

Wama adraka ma hiyah

And what can make you know what that is

نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ ١١

Narun hamiyatun

It is a Fire, intensely hot