Al-Qāriʿah · The Catastrophe

The tafsir of this chapter is being written. The Arabic and its translation are here in full.

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 101:1

   ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿١﴾

   The Catastrophe!

2. 101:2

   مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٢﴾

   What is the Catastrophe?

3. 101:3

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٣﴾

   What will show you what is the Catastrophe?

4. 101:4

   يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ﴿٤﴾

   [It is] the day when mankind will be like scattered moths

5. 101:5

   وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ﴿٥﴾

   and the mountains like carded wool.

6. 101:6

   فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٦﴾

   As for him, whose deeds weigh heavy in the scales,

7. 101:7

   فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ﴿٧﴾

   he will have a pleasing life.

8. 101:8

   وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٨﴾

   But as for him, whose deeds weigh light in the scales,

9. 101:9

   فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ ﴿٩﴾

   his home will be the Abyss.

10. 101:10

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ﴿١٠﴾

    And what will show you what it is?

11. 101:11

    نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ﴿١١﴾

    It is a scorching fire!