Surah Al-Qaria - English Translation by Mohammad Shafi
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
The Sudden Calamity
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 1
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
What is the Sudden Calamity
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 2
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
And what do you know what the Sudden Calamity is
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 3
يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
It is a Day when mankind shall be like the scattered moths
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 4
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains like fluffed up wool
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 5
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
That person, then, who weighs heavy [with good deeds] on the scales
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 6
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ
[That person] shall have a pleasant life
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
And that person, who weighs light [because of bad deeds] on the scales
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 8
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ
The Abyss then shall be his home
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 9
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ
And what do you understand what it [the Abyss] is
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 10
نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ
A Fire intensely hot
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 11