Al-Qari'ah
القارعة
The Calamity · 11 ayahs
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- 1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The Calamity!
- 2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Calamity?
- 3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what do you know what the Calamity is?
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يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
On that Day human beings shall be like scattered moths,
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains shall be like fluffs of carded wool in varying colours.
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فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Then he whose scales weigh heavier
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فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
shall have a blissful life;
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
but he whose scales weigh lighter,
- 9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
his shall be the deep pit for a dwelling.
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what do you know what that is?