Surah Al-Qari'ah (The Striking Hour)

Topics in Surah Al-Qari'ah

Study guides that discuss verses of this surah, most connected first.

• The Last Day (Al-Yawm al-Akhir) (11 verses)
• Faith (Iman) (6 verses)
• Hellfire (Nar) (4 verses)
• Motherhood (Umumah) (1 verses)
• Mountains (Jibal) (1 verses)
• Insects (Hasharat) (1 verses)
• Marriage (Nikah) (1 verses)

Read Surah Al-Qari'ah with English translation

1. 101:1

   بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

   The Crashing Blow!

2. 101:2

   مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

   What is the Crashing Blow?

3. 101:3

   وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

   What will explain to you what the Crashing Blow is?

4. 101:4

   يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

   On a Day when people will be like scattered moths

5. 101:5

   وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

   and the mountains like tufts of wool,

6. 101:6

   فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

   the one whose good deeds are heavy on the scales

7. 101:7

   فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

   will have a pleasant life,

8. 101:8

   وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

   but the one whose good deeds are light

9. 101:9

   فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ

   will have the Bottomless Pit for his home––

10. 101:10

    وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

    what will explain to you what that is?––

11. 101:11

    نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

    a blazing fire.

English translation: M.A.S. Abdel Haleem.