This page contains the Arabic text, audio recitation, and English translation of Surah Al-Qari'ah (The Striking Hour).
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
﴿١﴾
The Striking Calamity -(1)
Tafseer:
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
﴿٢﴾
What is the Striking Calamity?(2)
Tafseer:
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
﴿٣﴾
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?(3)
Tafseer:
یَوۡمَ یَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
﴿٤﴾
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,(4)
Tafseer:
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
﴿٥﴾
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.(5)
Tafseer:
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَ ٰزِینُهُۥ
﴿٦﴾
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],(6)
Tafseer:
فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ
﴿٧﴾
He will be in a pleasant life.(7)
Tafseer:
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَ ٰزِینُهُۥ
﴿٨﴾
But as for one whose scales are light,(8)
Tafseer:
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِیَةࣱ
﴿٩﴾
His refuge will be an abyss.(9)
Tafseer:
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِیَهۡ
﴿١٠﴾
And what can make you know what that is?(10)
Tafseer:
نَارٌ حَامِیَةُۢ
﴿١١﴾
It is a Fire, intensely hot.(11)
Tafseer: