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Al-Qari'ah · The Calamity

11 ayahs Madani Page 600 Juz 30
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe Calamity!

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مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat is the Calamity?

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAh, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!

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يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd the mountains will become as carded wool.

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فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),

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فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHe will live a pleasant life.

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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut as for him whose scales are light,

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فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallA bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAh, what will convey unto thee what she is! -

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نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallRaging Fire.

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).