SURAH AL-QARI’AH (THE TERRIBLE CALAMITY)
This is a ‘Makki’ surah which has 11 verses. Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a.s.) has said that the person who frequently recites this surah will be saved from the heat of hellfire.
If a businessman or a person in financial difficulties keeps this surah in his possession, the doors of sustenance will be opened for him. Recitation of this surah in prayers also increases in one’s sustenance. Water in which this surah has been dissolved is useful in keeping away unwanted pests (eg. Insects and rodents).
بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
<font color="000000"><b>In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.</b></font>
اَلْقَارِعَةُ ۙ(1)
<font color="000000"><b>(1) The terrible calamity!</b></font>
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ۚ(2)
<font color="000000"><b>(2) What is the terrible calamity!</b></font>
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰٮكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ؕ(3)
<font color="000000"><b>(3) And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?</b></font>
يَوْمَ يَكُوْنُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوْثِۙ(4)
<font color="000000"><b>(4) The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,</b></font>
وَتَكُوْنُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوْشِؕ(5)
<font color="000000"><b>(5) And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.</b></font>
فَاَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِيْنُهٗ ۙ(6)
<font color="000000"><b>(6) Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,</b></font>
فَهُوَ فِىْ عِيْشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ؕ(7)
<font color="000000"><b>(7) He shall live a pleasant life.</b></font>
وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِيْنُهٗ ۙ(8)
<font color="000000"><b>(8) And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,</b></font>
فَاُمُّهٗ هَاوِيَةٌ ؕ(9)
<font color="000000"><b>(9) His abode shall be the abyss.</b></font>
وَمَاۤ اَدْرٰٮكَ مَا هِيَهْ ؕ(10)
<font color="000000"><b>(10) And what will make you know what it is?</b></font>
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ(11)
<font color="000000"><b>(11) A burning fire.</b></font>
