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Surah Al-Qari'ah (The Striking Hour) – English Translation & Arabic Text

About Surah Al-Qari'ah (The Calamity)

  • Surah 101 of 114
  • Meccan
  • 11 verses
  • Arabic name: القارعة

Surah Al-Qari'ah (القارعة), "The Calamity", is a Meccan surah with 11 verses. On Quran Around The World every verse has its own page that brings together the Arabic text, the Sa'di and Jalalayn tafsir, the English meaning and related topics. Choose a verse number below.

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Surah Al-Qari'ah ( The Striking Hour ) - English

Surah Al-Qari'ah ( The Striking Hour ) - Aya count 11

Surah Al-Qari'ah (The Striking Hour) is a Meccan surah of 11 verses. It is surah number 101 in the Mushaf and begins on page 600 of the Madinah Mushaf.

سورة القارعة مكية، عدد آياتها 11، وترتيبها 101 في المصحف، وتبدأ في الصفحة 600 من مصحف المدينة النبوية.

سورة القارعة بالعربية · الصفحة 600 من المصحف · تفسير السورة

101:1

ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿١﴾

The Striking Calamity -

101:2

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٢﴾

What is the Striking Calamity?

101:3

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٣﴾

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

101:4

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ﴿٤﴾

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

101:5

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ﴿٥﴾

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

101:6

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٦﴾

Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

101:7

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ ﴿٧﴾

He will be in a pleasant life.

101:8

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٨﴾

But as for one whose scales are light,

101:9

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ ﴿٩﴾

His refuge will be an abyss.

101:10

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ﴿١٠﴾

And what can make you know what that is?

101:11

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ﴿١١﴾

It is a Fire, intensely hot.