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Verse 1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Transliteration
Al qaari'ah
Translation
The Striking Disaster!
Surah 101
The Calamity
القارعة
Al-Qari'ah
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Verse 2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Transliteration
Mal qaariah
Translation
What is the Striking Disaster?
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Verse 3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Transliteration
Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah
Translation
And what will make you realize what the Striking Disaster is?
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Verse 4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
Transliteration
Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth
Translation
˹It is˺ the Day people will be like scattered moths,
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Verse 5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Transliteration
Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh
Translation
and the mountains will be like carded wool.
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Verse 6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Transliteration
Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh
Translation
So as for those whose scale is heavy ˹with good deeds˺,
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Verse 7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
Transliteration
Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah
Translation
they will be in a life of bliss.
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Verse 8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Transliteration
Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh
Translation
And as for those whose scale is light,
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Verse 9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Fa-ummuhu haawiyah
Translation
their home will be the abyss.
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Verse 10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Transliteration
Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah
Translation
And what will make you realize what that is?
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Verse 11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
Transliteration
Naarun hamiyah
Translation
˹It is˺ a scorching Fire.