Surah Al-Qāri`ah (The Calamity) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. القارعة

   1

   The Catastrophe!

   al-qāriʿatu

2. ما القارعة

   2

   What is the Catastrophe?

   mā l-qāriʿatu

3. وما أدراك ما القارعة

   3

   What will show you what is the Catastrophe?

   wa-mā ʾadrāka mā l-qāriʿatu

4. يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث

   4

   [It is] the day when mankind will be like scattered moths

   yawma yakūnu n-nāsu ka-l-farāshi l-mabthūthi

5. وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش

   5

   and the mountains like carded wool.

   wa-takūnu l-jibālu ka-l-ʿihni l-manfūshi

6. فأما من ثقلت موازينه

   6

   As for him, whose deeds weigh heavy in the scales,

   fa-ʾammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuhū

7. فهو في عيشة راضية

   7

   he will have a pleasing life.

   fa-huwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin

8. وأما من خفت موازينه

   8

   But as for him, whose deeds weigh light in the scales,

   wa-ʾammā man khaffat mawāzīnuhū

9. فأمه هاوية

   9

   his home will be the Abyss.

   fa-ʾummuhū hāwiyatun

10. وما أدراك ما هيه

    10

    And what will show you what it is?

    wa-mā ʾadrāka mā hiyah

11. نار حامية

    11

    It is a scorching fire!

    nārun ḥāmiyatun