Surah Al Qariah

Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. اَلْقَارِعَةُۙ

   Al-qāri‘ah(tu).

   The Striking Disaster!

2. مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ۚ

   Mal-qāri‘ah(tu).

   What is the Striking Disaster?

3. وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ۗ

   Wa mā adrāka mal-qāri‘ah(tu).

   And what will make you realize what the Striking Disaster is?

4. يَوْمَ يَكُوْنُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوْثِۙ

   Yauma yakūnun-nāsu kal-farāsyil-mabṡūṡ(i).

   ˹It is˺ the Day people will be like scattered moths,

5. وَتَكُوْنُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوْشِۗ

   Wa takūnul-jibālu kal-‘ihnil-manfūsy(i).

   and the mountains will be like carded wool.

6. فَاَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهٗۙ

   Fa ammā man ṡaqulat mawāzīnuh(ū).

   So as for those whose scale is heavy ˹with good deeds˺,

7. فَهُوَ فِيْ عِيْشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍۗ

   Fa huwa fī ‘īsyatir rāḍiyah(tin).

   they will be in a life of bliss.

8. فَهُوَ فِيْ عِيْشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍۗ

   Wa ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuh(ū).

   And as for those whose scale is light,

9. فَاُمُّهٗ هَاوِيَةٌ ۗ

   Fa ummuhū hāwiyah(tun).

   their home will be the abyss.

10. وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا هِيَهْۗ

    Wa mā adrāka mā hiyah.

    And what will make you realize what that is?

11. نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ ࣖ

    Nārun ḥāmiyah(tun).

    ˹It is˺ a scorching Fire.