ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity -
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
His refuge will be an abyss.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what can make you know what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Al-Qari'ah names the Day when people will be like scattered moths and mountains like carded wool, then hangs every destiny on the scale: whoever's deeds weigh heavy will have a pleasant life, and whoever's weigh light — his refuge will be an abyss of blazing fire, Hawiyah.
Al-Qari'ah (القارعة) means "The Calamity" in English. It is chapter 101 of the Holy Quran.
Surah Al-Qari'ah has 11 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 600 to 600 of the mushaf.
Surah Al-Qari'ah is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.
Al-Qari'ah names the Day when people will be like scattered moths and mountains like carded wool, then hangs every destiny on the scale: whoever's deeds weigh heavy will have a pleasant life, and whoever's weigh light — his refuge will be an abyss of blazing fire, Hawiyah.