Surah Al-Qaria - English Translation by Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
The Calamity
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 1
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
What is the Calamity
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 2
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 3
يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 4
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will become as carded wool
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 5
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works)
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 6
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ
He will live a pleasant life
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
But as for him whose scales are light
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 8
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 9
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 10
نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ
Raging Fire
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 11