The Calamity
سورة القارعة
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
📖 Page 1 Verse-by-Verse Translations
The Striking Calamity
What is the Striking Calamity
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds]
He will be in a pleasant life
But as for one whose scales are light
His refuge will be an abyss
And what can make you know what that is
It is a Fire, intensely hot
About The Calamity
Surah Al-Qari'ah describes the terrifying suddenness of the Striking Calamity (the Day of Judgment). It depicts people scattered like moths and mountains reduced to carded wool, highlighting the heavy and light scales of deeds.
📜📜 Revelation History & Period
Classification: Meccan
Key Themes & Lessons
- The overwhelming reality of the Striking Calamity
- Humanity scattered like moths and mountains like carded wool
- The decisive weighing of good deeds on the Mizan (Divine Scales)
When Commonly Recited
Recited during daily Salah to revive mindfulness of accountability in the Hereafter.
👑👑 Aala Hazrat & Ahle Sunnat Scholarly References
- Kanzul Iman — Translation by Aala Hazrat Imam Ahmad Raza Khan (رحمۃ اللہ علیہ)
- Fatawa Razvia — Vol. 26 (Tafseer & Recitation Virtues)
- Bahar-e-Shariat (Sadr al-Shariah)