# Surah Al-Qari'ah (القَارِعَة) — The Calamity

> **Chapter 101 of the Holy Quran** · **11 Verses** · **Meccan Revelation**

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- **Reciter**: Sheikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
- **Script**: Authentic Uthmanic Arabic Script (Hafs 'an 'Asim)
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## Complete Quran Text & English Translation (11 Verses)

### Verse 101:1

ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ

The Striking Calamity

### Verse 101:2

مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ

What is the Striking Calamity

### Verse 101:3

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity

### Verse 101:4

يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ

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

### Verse 101:5

وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up

### Verse 101:6

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

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

### Verse 101:7

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ‏

He will be in a pleasant life

### Verse 101:8

وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

But as for one whose scales are light

### Verse 101:9

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةࣱ‏

His refuge will be an abyss

### Verse 101:10

وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ

And what can make you know what that is

### Verse 101:11

نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ

It is a Fire, intensely hot