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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ١
The Striking Calamity!
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مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٢
What is the Striking Calamity?
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وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ ٣
How do you know what the Striking Calamity is?
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يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ ٤
On that Day people will be like scattered moths[1],
Footnotes
[1] After having been thrown out of their graves.
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ ٥
and the mountains will be like carded wool[2].
Footnotes
[2] As they disintegrate.
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فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦
Then the one whose scales of good deeds are heavy,
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فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةࣲ رَّاضِيَةࣲ ٧
will have a pleasant life[3].
Footnotes
[3] In Paradise.
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وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨
But the one whose scales of good deeds are light,
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فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةࣱ ٩
his abode will be the abyss[4].
Footnotes
[4] Hāwiyah: the pit of Hellfire.
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وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ ١٠
And how do you know what it is?
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نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ ١١
It is a Blazing Fire.