Meccan · 11 verses القارعة

Al-Qari'ah 101

The Striking Calamity · ✓

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How to read the Hangul

الرَّحْمَٰنِ르^r라흐마니 بِسْمِ비스밀

• 비Bold = the stressed syllable of the word; a little stronger.
• 마Overline = long vowel (madd): hold it about two beats. Length matters most in recitation.
• 스Tiny = no vowel in the Arabic here — just the consonant, short.
• ^r라Small Latin letter = a sound Korean lacks, on the next syllable: f upper teeth on lower lip · θ/ð tongue tip between the teeth · r rolled tongue tip (a bare ㄹ is l).

How to read the Hangul

beginning비기닝 the^ð더 Christ크^r라이스트 salvation샐^v베이션

• 기Bold, larger (ˈ) = say it strong and a little longer — the stressed syllable.
• 닝Faint = weak and short (a reduced vowel). Don't give every syllable equal weight.
• 트Tiny 으 · 트 · 스 = barely voiced. English has no vowel there — stop on the consonant.
• 더Whole word faint (the, of, and, to…) = light and quick in a sentence; stress the content words.
• ^f팬Small f v θ ð r = sounds Korean doesn't have — f: upper teeth on the lower lip; v: the same, voiced; θ/ð: tongue tip between the teeth; r: tongue curled back, touching nothing.

About this surah

Classed as a Meccan sura, it opens with a single exclamation, 'The Striking Calamity!', followed by two questions that stress how hard it is to grasp: what is it, and what will make you know what it is? The answer is a picture of that Day. People will be like scattered moths, and the mountains like fluffed-up tufts of wool. The sura then turns to the weighing of deeds. The one whose scales are heavy will be in a pleasing life, while the one whose scales are light will have an abyss as his refuge. The pattern of question and answer returns in the last two verses: what will make you know what that abyss is? It is a blazing Fire. The sura is built around this repeated questioning and the image of the scales.

• The Striking Calamity
• Moths and scattered wool
• Heavy and light scales
• The abyss of Fire

The name It is named after 'the Striking Calamity' (al-Qari'ah), the exclamation of verse 1, repeated three times in verses 1–3.

Start with 101:1 · 101:4 · 101:6

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

   الْقَارِعَةُ알까^r리아흐

   The^ð더 Striking스트^r라이킹 Calamity!컬래머티

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2. 2

   مَا말 الْقَارِعَةُ까^r리아흐

   What왓 is이즈 the^ð더 Striking스트^r라이킹 Calamity?컬래머티

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3. 3

   وَمَا와마 أَدْرَاكَ아드^r라카 مَا말 الْقَارِعَةُ까^r리아흐

   And앤드 what왓 will윌 make메이크 you유 know노우 what왓 the^ð더 Striking스트^r라이킹 Calamity컬래머티 is?이즈

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4. 4

   يَوْمَ야우마 يَكُونُ야쿠눈 النَّاسُ나수 كَالْفَرَاشِ칼^f파^r라실 الْمَبْثُوثِ맙^θ수^θ스

   It잇 is이즈 the^ð더 Day데이 when웬 people피플 will윌 be비 like라이크 scattered스캐터드 moths,모^θ쓰

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5. 5

   وَتَكُونُ와타쿠눌 الْجِبَالُ지발루 كَالْعِهْنِ칼이흐닐 الْمَنْفُوشِ만^f푸시

   and앤드 the^ð더 mountains마운튼즈 will윌 be비 like라이크 fluffed-up^f플러^f프트-업 tufts터^f프츠 of어^v브 wool.울

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6. 6

   فَأَمَّا^f파암마 مَنْ만 ثَقُلَتْ^θ사꿀라트 مَوَازِينُهُ마와지누흐

   Then^ð덴 as애즈 for^f포 the^ð더 one원 whose후즈 scales스케일즈 are아 heavy,헤^v비

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7. 7

   فَهُوَ^f파후와 فِي^f피 عِيشَةٍ이샤틴 رَاضِيَةٍ^r라디야흐

   he히 will윌 be비 in인 a어 pleasing플리징 life.라이^f프

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8. 8

   وَأَمَّا와암마 مَنْ만 خَفَّتْ캅^f파트 مَوَازِينُهُ마와지누흐

   But벗 as애즈 for^f포 the^ð더 one원 whose후즈 scales스케일즈 are아 light,라잇

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9. 9

   فَأُمُّهُ^f파움무후 هَاوِيَةٌ하위야흐

   his히즈 refuge^r레^f퓨지 will윌 be비 an앤 abyss.어비스

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10. 10

    وَمَا와마 أَدْرَاكَ아드^r라카 مَا마 هِيَهْ히야흐

    And앤드 what왓 will윌 make메이크 you유 know노우 what왓 that^ð댓 is?이즈

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11. 11

    نَارٌ나^r룬 حَامِيَةٌ하미야흐

    It잇 is이즈 a어 blazing블레이징 Fire.^f파이어

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