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101 Al-Qaari'a

101. The Calamity · 11 verses

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001Ayah 1 of 11

The Striking Calamity!

002Ayah 2 of 11

What is the Striking Calamity?

003Ayah 3 of 11

How do you know what the Striking Calamity is?

004Ayah 4 of 11

On that Day people will be like scattered moths[1],

Translation notes: [1] After having been thrown out of their graves.

005Ayah 5 of 11

and the mountains will be like carded wool[2].

Translation notes: [2] As they disintegrate.

006Ayah 6 of 11

Then the one whose scales of good deeds are heavy,

007Ayah 7 of 11

will have a pleasant life[3].

Translation notes: [3] In Paradise.

008Ayah 8 of 11

But the one whose scales of good deeds are light,

009Ayah 9 of 11

his abode will be the abyss[4].

Translation notes: [4] Hāwiyah: the pit of Hellfire.

010Ayah 10 of 11

And how do you know what it is?

011Ayah 11 of 11

It is a Blazing Fire.

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