101:1
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ١
The Striking Calamity!
سورة القارعةSurah Al-Qari'ah · The Calamity
Meccan11 ayahsPage 600Juz 30
Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi · murattal
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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
101:2
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٢
What is the Striking Calamity?
101:3
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٣
How do you know what the Striking Calamity is?
101:4
يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ ٤
On that Day people will be like scattered moths[1],
Tafsir Notes
[1] After having been thrown out of their graves.
101:5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ٥
and the mountains will be like carded wool[2].
Tafsir Notes
[2] As they disintegrate.
101:6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦
Then the one whose scales of good deeds are heavy,
101:7
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ ٧
will have a pleasant life[3].
Tafsir Notes
[3] In Paradise.
101:8
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨
But the one whose scales of good deeds are light,
101:9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ ٩
his abode will be the abyss[4].
Tafsir Notes
[4] Hāwiyah: the pit of Hellfire.
101:10
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ ١٠
And how do you know what it is?
101:11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ ١١
It is a Blazing Fire.
Sources
- Mushaf text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex (Madinah), narration of Hafs from ʿAsim, in the Uthmani script.
- Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19, QuranEnc.com
- Al-Mukhtasar in Interpreting the Noble Quran — QuranEnc.com, retrieved 2026-09-14
- Recitation: Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi (murattal), via quran.com and everyayah.com.
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