Surah al-Qari`ah (101:1)

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ


The Striking Calamity -

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مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ


What is the Striking Calamity?

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ


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

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يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ


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

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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ


And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

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فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ


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

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فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ


He will be in a pleasant life.

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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ


But as for one whose scales are light,

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فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ


His refuge will be an abyss.

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ


And what can make you know what that is?

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نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ


It is a Fire, intensely hot.