Surah 101 · verse 3
Al-Qari'ah 101:3
Sign in to listenوَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
wa ma adraka ma al-qari'ah
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Saheeh International translation
Context in the surah
Verse 1Verse 3 Verse 4
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity -
Verse 2مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Verse 5وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Verse 6فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],