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Surah Al-Qari'ah depicts the sudden, overwhelming catastrophe of the Day of Resurrection, describing how the sun is darkened and the heavens are split asunder.
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King James Version (1611)
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The Striking Calamity 2What is the Striking Calamity 3And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity 4It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed 5And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up 6Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds]Before the ThroneThe Scales of Judgment 7He will be in a pleasant lifeThe Scales of Judgment 8But as for one whose scales are lightBefore the ThroneThe Scales of Judgment 9His refuge will be an abyssThe Scales of Judgment 10And what can make you know what that is 11It is a Fire, intensely hot
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1ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 2مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 3وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ 4يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ 5وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ 6فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ 7فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ 8وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ 9فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ 10وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ 11نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ
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