101:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity -
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Surah 101 · Meccan · 11 verses
القارعة
Al-Qari'ah
The Striking Calamity
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
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.
Sources. Arabic text: Quran Uthmani. English translation: Sahih International, served via the public AlQuran.cloud API. Audio: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Alafasy via mp3quran.net. Tafseer summaries are AI-assisted and reviewed against classical sources — see our editorial policy.