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سُورَةُ القَارِعَةِ

Tafsir of Surah Al-Qaari'a

The Calamity · 11 verses
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Al-Qari'ah portrays the striking calamity and the weighing of deeds, with humanity's final outcome determined by the balance.

Read Surah Al-Qaari'a (11 verses) as a connected chapter: follow links between neighbouring verses and compare each passage with the wider Qur’anic context. The Arabic text and English and Urdu translations are rendered on this page before any commentary service loads. Use the source selector to compare available classical tafsir traditions; the Al-Mizan study guide is clearly marked as editorial notes, not a verbatim translation. If a remote commentary service is unavailable, the chapter text, translations, study introduction, and navigation remain available.

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1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

OH, the sudden calamity!

کھڑ کھڑانے والی

2

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

How awesome the sudden calamity!

کھڑ کھڑانے والی کیا ہے؟

3

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

And what could make thee conceive what that sudden calamity will be?

اور تم کیا جانوں کھڑ کھڑانے والی کیا ہے؟

4

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion,

(وہ قیامت ہے) جس دن لوگ ایسے ہوں گے جیسے بکھرے ہوئے پتنگے

5

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

and the mountains will be like fluffy tufts of wool....

اور پہاڑ ایسے ہو جائیں گے جیسے دھنکی ہوئی رنگ برنگ کی اون

6

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

And then, he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance

تو جس کے (اعمال کے) وزن بھاری نکلیں گے

7

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

shall find himself in a happy' state of life;

وہ دل پسند عیش میں ہو گا

8

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

whereas he whose weight is light in the balance

اور جس کے وزن ہلکے نکلیں گے

9

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ

shall be engulfed by an abyss.

اس کا مرجع ہاویہ ہے

10

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

And what could make thee conceive what that [abyss] will be?

اور تم کیا سمجھے کہ ہاویہ کیا چیز ہے؟

11

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

A fire hotly burning!

دہکتی ہوئی آگ ہے

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