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Verse 1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Transliteration
Al qaari'ah
Translation
The Striking Calamity!
Surah 101
The Calamity
القارعة
Al-Qari'ah
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Verse 2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Transliteration
Mal qaariah
Translation
What is the Striking Calamity?
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Verse 3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Transliteration
Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah
Translation
How do you know what the Striking Calamity is?
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Verse 4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
Transliteration
Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth
Translation
On that 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
Then the one whose scales of good deeds are heavy,
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Verse 7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
Transliteration
Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah
Translation
will have a pleasant life.
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Verse 8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Transliteration
Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh
Translation
But the one whose scales of good deeds are light,
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Verse 9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ
Transliteration
Fa-ummuhu haawiyah
Translation
his abode will be the abyss.
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Verse 10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Transliteration
Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah
Translation
And how do you know what it is?
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Verse 11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
Transliteration
Naarun hamiyah
Translation
It is a Blazing Fire.