Surah Al-Qari'ah — Word by Word
القارعة
The Calamity
Explanations are simplified from tafsirs by Ibn Kathir, Mufti Muhammad Shafi, and Maulana Wahiduddin Khan. Spot an inaccuracy? Let us know.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
al-qāriʿatu
The Striking Calamity -
mā l-qāriʿatu
What is the Striking Calamity?
wamā adrāka mā l-qāriʿatu
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
yawma yakūnu l-nāsu kal-farāshi l-mabthūthi
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'ni l-manfūshi
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
fa-ammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuhu
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyatin
He will be in a pleasant life.
wa-ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuhu
But as for one whose scales are light,
fa-ummuhu hāwiyatun
His refuge will be an abyss.
wamā adrāka mā hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
nārun ḥāmiyatun
It is a Fire, intensely hot.