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Surah Al-Qari


Surah Al-Qari (The Calamity) is the 101. surah in Quran.Al-Qari surah is listed as the 30. by revelation order.

The meaning of surah Al-Qari is The Calamity. In total this surah is consist of 11 auahs. You can read Al-Qari by word by word if you would like to examine it in details or click one of the ayahs below to check that ayah only.

It is considered to be a Meccan Surah as it was believed to be revealed in Mecca. This surah takes its name from the word mentioned in the first, second and third ayat. 

The name of this surah is a reference to the day of judgment. The first part of this surah describes a vivid depiction of that day.

On resurrection day all people have done in this world will be put into a scale. Those weights heavy will be rewarded with paradise and those weight light will be punished. Good deeds will be put into one side and the bad deeds will be on the other side of the scale, if good deeds weigh heavier than the bad deeds, that person will be rewarded.

101:1
The Striking Calamity -
Al qaari’ah
ٱلقارعة
101:2
What is the Striking Calamity?
Mal qaariah
ما ٱلقارعة
101:3
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Wa maa adraaka mal qaari’ah
وما أدرىك ما ٱلقارعة
101:4
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth
يوم يكون ٱلناس كٱلفراش ٱلمبثوث
101:5
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Wa ta koonul jibalu kal ‘ihnil manfoosh
وتكون ٱلجبال كٱلعهن ٱلمنفوش
101:6
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh
فأما من ثقلت موزينهۥ
101:7
He will be in a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee ‘ishatir raadiyah
فهو فى عيشة راضية
101:8
But as for one whose scales are light,
Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh
وأما من خفت موزينهۥ
101:9
His refuge will be an abyss.
Fa-ummuhu haawiyah
فأمهۥ هاوية
101:10
And what can make you know what that is?
Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah
وما أدرىك ما هيه
101:11
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Naarun hamiyah
نار حامية
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