Surah 101: Al-Qari’ah
القارعة
Ayah 1
The Striking Calamity -
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ AlqariAAa — 🔊
Ayah 2
What is the Striking Calamity?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ Ma alqariAAa — 🔊
Ayah 3
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ Wama adraka ma alqariAAa — 🔊
Ayah 4
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ Yawma yakoonu annasu kalfarashialmabthooth — 🔊
Ayah 5
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ Watakoonu aljibalu kalAAihnialmanfoosh — 🔊
Ayah 6
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuh — 🔊
Ayah 7
He will be in a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiya — 🔊
Ayah 8
But as for one whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuh — 🔊
Ayah 9
His refuge will be an abyss
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ Faommuhu hawiya — 🔊
Ayah 10
And what can make you know what that is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ Wama adraka ma hiya — 🔊
Ayah 11
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ Narun hamiya — 🔊
Arabic and translation via Quran.com API. English: Saheeh International. Transliteration: Transliteration (id 57). Audio: OpenFurqan. Curated by Logos Gardners, March 2026.