The 11 verses of Al-Qari'ah
- Surah
- 101
- Verses
- 11
- Revealed in
- Makkah
- Meaning
- The Striking Calamity
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1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
al-qāriʿatu
The Striking Calamity -
Word by word
- ٱلْقَارِعَةُal-qāriʿatuThe Striking Calamity
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2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
mā l-qāriʿatu
What is the Striking Calamity?
Word by word
- مَاmāWhat
- ٱلْقَارِعَةُl-qāriʿatu(is) the Striking Calamity
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3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
wamā adrāka mā l-qāriʿatu
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Word by word
- وَمَآwamāAnd what
- أَدْرَىٰكَadrākawill make you know
- مَاmāwhat
- ٱلْقَارِعَةُl-qāriʿatu(is) the Striking Calamity
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4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
yawma yakūnu l-nāsu kal-farāshi l-mabthūthi
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Word by word
- يَوْمَyawma(The) Day
- يَكُونُyakūnuwill be
- ٱلنَّاسُl-nāsuthe mankind
- كَٱلْفَرَاشِkal-farāshilike moths
- ٱلْمَبْثُوثِl-mabthūthiscattered
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5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'ni l-manfūshi
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Word by word
- وَتَكُونُwatakūnuAnd will be
- ٱلْجِبَالُl-jibāluthe mountains
- كَٱلْعِهْنِkal-ʿih'nilike wool
- ٱلْمَنفُوشِl-manfūshifluffed up
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6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
fa-ammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuhu
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Word by word
- فَأَمَّاfa-ammāThen as for
- مَنman(him) whose
- ثَقُلَتْthaqulat(are) heavy
- مَوَٰزِينُهُۥmawāzīnuhuhis scales
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7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin
He will be in a pleasant life.
Word by word
- فَهُوَfahuwaThen he
- فِىfī(will be) in
- عِيشَةٍۢʿīshatina life
- رَّاضِيَةٍۢrāḍiyatinpleasant
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8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
wa-ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuhu
But as for one whose scales are light,
Word by word
- وَأَمَّاwa-ammāBut as for
- مَنْman(him) whose
- خَفَّتْkhaffat(are) light
- مَوَٰزِينُهُۥmawāzīnuhuhis scales
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9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
fa-ummuhu hāwiyatun
His refuge will be an abyss.
Word by word
- فَأُمُّهُۥfa-ummuhuHis abode
- هَاوِيَةٌۭhāwiyatun(will be the) Pit
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10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
wamā adrāka mā hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
Word by word
- وَمَآwamāAnd what
- أَدْرَىٰكَadrākawill make you know
- مَاmāwhat
- هِيَهْhiyahit is
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11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
nārun ḥāmiyatun
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Word by word
- نَارٌnārunA Fire
- حَامِيَةٌۢḥāmiyatunintensely hot
Arabic text, transliteration and translation as they appear in the Quran for Kids app. English translation: Saheeh International.
What Al-Qari'ah teaches
A day like no other
People will be like scattered moths and mountains like fluffed-up wool (verses 4 and 5).
Heavy scales
Whoever's scales are heavy with good deeds will have a pleasant life (verses 6 and 7).
Learning Al-Qari'ah with your child
Fill the scales
Use a toy scale: each good deed is a block that makes the good side heavier.
Feel the wool
At verse 5, let your child touch some soft wool to picture the mountains.
Learn it in two days
Verses 1–5, then 6–11.
Learn Al-Qari'ah word by word in the app
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