Saheeh International · English translation

The Qurʾān

The complete text, all 114 sūrahs, 6236 verses. English by Saheeh International (Umm Muhammad), the Saudi-sanctioned mainstream Sunni edition. Arabic preserved alongside.

Sūrah 101

al-Qāriʿah

The Striking Hour · 11 verses
Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥeem
  1. 1The Striking Calamityٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
  2. 2What is the Striking Calamityمَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
  3. 3And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamityوَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
  4. 4It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersedيَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
  5. 5And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed upوَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
  6. 6Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds]فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
  7. 7He will be in a pleasant lifeفَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ
  8. 8But as for one whose scales are lightوَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
  9. 9His refuge will be an abyssفَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ
  10. 10And what can make you know what that isوَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ
  11. 11It is a Fire, intensely hotنَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ