Al-Qari'ah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

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   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,1
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   وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

   And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.1
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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 refuge1 will be an abyss.2
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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.