Surah Al-Qâri‘ah

Translation: Abdul Mannan Omar. Open a verse to compare translations and read its commentary.

1. 1 الْقَارِعَةُ The Disastrous Rattling (of this life as seen in warfare is sure to visit the world).
2. 2 مَا الْقَارِعَةُ How very terrible is the Disastrous Rattling!
3. 3 وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ What should make you know how very severe and destructive the Disastrous Rattling is!
4. 4 يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ On that day people shall be (in great confusion and distress) like moths scattered,
5. 5 وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ And the mountains shall look like carded wool.
6. 6 فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ Now as for the person whose scales (of virtues) are heavy (and good deeds are preponderant),
7. 7 فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ He shall have a pleasant life.
8. 8 وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ But as for the person whose scales (of good deeds) are light (and of no account),
9. 9 فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ The abyss (- Gehenna) shall then be a (nursing) mother to him (till the souls are completely cleansed of the taint of sin and they are reborn).
10. 10 وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ Ah! what should make you know what that (abyss) is!
11. 11 نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ It is a blazing Fire (for burning out all the dross that people collect by leading a sinful life in this world).