الْقَارِعَةُ
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1
The Striking Calamity -
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
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2
What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
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3
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
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4
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
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5
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
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6
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
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7
He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
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8
But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
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9
His refuge will be an abyss.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
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10
And what can make you know what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
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11
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
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