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QUR’AN · SURAH 101

Al-Qaari'a

The Calamity · undefined verses · Meccan

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Translation of meaning: Muhammad Asad. Transliteration is a learning aid; it cannot capture every Arabic sound. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy via Islamic Network. Recitation is streamed from Islamic Network and requires internet access.
101:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Al qaari'ah

OH, the sudden calamity!

101:2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Mal qaariah

How awesome the sudden calamity!

101:3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah

And what could make thee conceive what that sudden calamity will be?

101:4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth

[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion,

101:5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh

and the mountains will be like fluffy tufts of wool....

101:6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh

And then, he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance

101:7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah

shall find himself in a happy' state of life;

101:8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh

whereas he whose weight is light in the balance

101:9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ

Fa-ummuhu haawiyah

shall be engulfed by an abyss.

101:10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah

And what could make thee conceive what that [abyss] will be?

101:11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

Naarun hamiyah

A fire hotly burning!

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Qur’an 101:1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

OH, the sudden calamity!

Qur’an 101:2

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

How awesome the sudden calamity!

Qur’an 101:3

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

And what could make thee conceive what that sudden calamity will be?

Qur’an 101:4

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion,

Qur’an 101:5

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

and the mountains will be like fluffy tufts of wool....

Qur’an 101:6

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

And then, he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance

Qur’an 101:7

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

shall find himself in a happy' state of life;

Qur’an 101:8

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

whereas he whose weight is light in the balance

Qur’an 101:9

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ

shall be engulfed by an abyss.

Qur’an 101:10

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

And what could make thee conceive what that [abyss] will be?

Qur’an 101:11

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

A fire hotly burning!