Qurrahٱلْقَارِعَةُ ١
al-qāriʿah
The Striking Calamity -
سورة القارعة
Surah Al-Qari'ah · The Calamity
The full surah in the Uthmani script, with the transliteration and the English meaning (Saheeh International) of each ayah, and recitation by Sheikh al-Husary and Sheikh al-Minshawi.
Memorize Surah Al-Qari'ah with your childبِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ٢
mā l-qāriʿah
What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ٣
wamā adrāka mā l-qāriʿah
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ٤
yawma yakūnu l-nāsu kal-farāshi l-mabthūth
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ٥
watakūnu l-jibālu kal-ʿih'ni l-manfūsh
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦
fa-ammā man thaqulat mawāzīnuh
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ٧
fahuwa fī ʿīshatin rāḍiyah
He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨
wa-ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuh
But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ ٩
fa-ummuhu hāwiyah
His refuge will be an abyss.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ١٠
wamā adrāka mā hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ١١
nārun ḥāmiyah
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Memorize it with your child in Qurrah
In Qurrah, your child memorizes the surah step by step:
- They listen to the ayah from the teaching sheikh.
- They repeat it with him two or three times.
- They recite it from memory and record their voice for a parent to hear.
- It comes back in review until it sticks.
Quran text in the Uthmani script, Hafs from 'Asim. English meaning: Saheeh International. Transliteration: Quran.com.