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Surat al-qariah (Judgment Day)

القارعة‎‎

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اَلْقَارِعَةُۙ

al-qāri'ah

THE STARTLING CALAMITY.

مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ۚ

mal-qāri'ah

What is the startling calamity?

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ۗ

wa mā adrāka mal-qāri'ah

How will you comprehend what the startling calamity is? --

يَوْمَ يَكُوْنُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوْثِۙ

yauma yakụnun-nāsu kal-farāsyil-mabṡụṡ

A Day on which human beings would be like so many scattered moths

وَتَكُوْنُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوْشِۗ

wa takụnul-jibālu kal-'ihnil-manfụsy

The mountains like the tufts of carded wool.

فَاَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهٗۙ

fa ammā man ṡaqulat mawāzīnuh

Then he whose deeds shall weigh heavier in the scale

فَهُوَ فِيْ عِيْشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍۗ

fa huwa fī 'īsyatir rāḍiyah

Will have a tranquil life;

وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِيْنُهٗۙ

wa ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuh

But he whose deeds are lighter in the balance

فَاُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ۗ

fa ummuhụ hāwiyah

Will have the Abyss for abode.

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا هِيَهْۗ

wa mā adrāka mā hiyah

How will you comprehend what that is?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ

nārun ḥāmiyah

It is the scorching fire.