Chapter 101
Surah Al-Qaari'a
The Calamity
سُورَةُ القَارِعَةِ
11 verses · Revealed in Mecca · Begins in Juz 30
Surah Al-Qaari'a (The Calamity) is the 101st chapter of the Holy Quran, with 11 verses. Below is the full Arabic text with the English translation. You can also listen to it in immersive 8D audio or open it in the interactive reader.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.
- 101:1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity -
- 101:2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity?
- 101:3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
- 101:4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
- 101:5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
- 101:6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
- 101:7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
He will be in a pleasant life.
- 101:8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
But as for one whose scales are light,
- 101:9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ
His refuge will be an abyss.
- 101:10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what can make you know what that is?
- 101:11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
It is a Fire, intensely hot.