Read Surah Al-Qari'ah — Full Text with Transliteration
The Striking Hour · 11 ayahs · Makki · Uthmani & Indo-Pak script with English transliteration and translation
101. Al-Qari'ah — The Striking Hour
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ101:1
Al qaari'ah
The Striking Calamity -
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ101:2
Mal qaariah
What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ101:3
Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ101:4
Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ101:5
Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ101:6
Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ101:7
Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah
He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ101:8
Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh
But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ101:9
Fa-ummuhu haawiyah
His refuge will be an abyss.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ101:10
Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ101:11
Naarun hamiyah
It is a Fire, intensely hot.