Surah Al-Qari'ah (undefined) is the 101th chapter of the Holy Quran. It was revealed in Mecca and contains 11 verses (ayahs). Read it below with the Arabic text, transliteration, and English translation, or open it as interactive flashcards to memorize it verse by verse.
- 101:1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Al qaari'ah
The Striking Calamity -
- 101:2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Mal qaariah
What is the Striking Calamity?
- 101:3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
- 101:4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
- 101:5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
- 101:6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
- 101:7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah
He will be in a pleasant life.
- 101:8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh
But as for one whose scales are light,
- 101:9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ
Fa-ummuhu haawiyah
His refuge will be an abyss.
- 101:10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
- 101:11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
Naarun hamiyah
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
About Surah Al-Qari'ah
Al-Qari'ah, the Striking Calamity, names one of the terms for the Day of Judgment and pictures people scattered like moths and mountains like carded wool. It describes the weighing of deeds, where the one whose scales are heavy with good lives in a pleasant life, and the one whose scales are light meets a different end.
Themes: The Striking Calamity, The Day of Judgment, Weighing of deeds, Reward and loss
Arabic: Uthmani script (Hafs). Translation: English. Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy. See Sources for full attribution.