101:1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ 
1
Saheeh International
The Striking Calamity -
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
al-qāriʿatu
Surah 101 · 11 verses
Al-Qari'ah
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About Surah Al-Qari'ah
Surah Al-Qari'ah (القارعة) is the 101st chapter of the Quran and contains 11 verses; its English name is “The Calamity”. It is classified as a Meccan surah. Read the Arabic text below with transliteration and the Sahih International English translation, then use the translation selector for other available languages.
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101:2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ 2
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What is the Striking Calamity?
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mā l-qāriʿatu
101:3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ 3
Saheeh International
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
wamā adrāka mā l-qāriʿatu
101:4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ 4
Saheeh International
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
yawma yakūnu l-nāsu kal-farāshi l-mabthūthi
101:5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ 5
Saheeh International
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'ni l-manfūshi
101:6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ 6
Saheeh International
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
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fa-ammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuhu
101:7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ 7
Saheeh International
He will be in a pleasant life.
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin
101:8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ 8
Saheeh International
But as for one whose scales are light,
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wa-ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuhu
101:9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ 9
Saheeh International
His refuge will be an abyss.
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
fa-ummuhu hāwiyatun
101:10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ 10
Saheeh International
And what can make you know what that is?
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
wamā adrāka mā hiyah
101:11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ 11
Saheeh International
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Transliteration (Aisan) · Aisan Transliteration
nārun ḥāmiyatun