سُورَةُ القَارِعَةِ
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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
OH, the sudden calamity!
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مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
How awesome the sudden calamity!
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what could make thee conceive what that sudden calamity will be?
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يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion,
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وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains will be like fluffy tufts of wool....
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فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
And then, he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance
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فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
shall find himself in a happy' state of life;
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وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
whereas he whose weight is light in the balance
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فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ
shall be engulfed by an abyss.
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وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what could make thee conceive what that [abyss] will be?
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نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
A fire hotly burning!
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