Surah Al-Qaria - English Translation by Aisha Bewley
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
The Crashing Blow
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 1
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
What is the Crashing Blow
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 2
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
What will convey to you what the Crashing Blow is
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 3
يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
It is the Day when mankind will be like scattered moths
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 4
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains like tufts of coloured wool
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 5
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
As for him whose balance is heavy
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 6
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ
he will have a most pleasant life
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
But as for him whose balance is light
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 8
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ
his motherland is Hawiya
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 9
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ
And what will convey to you what that is
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 10
نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ
A raging Fire
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 11