الـقارعـة

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!

1 The terrible calamity!

1 AlqariAAatu

2 What is the Calamity ?

2 What is the terrible calamity!

2 Ma alqariAAatu

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!

3 And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?

3 Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu

4 A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths

4 The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,

4 Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

5 And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.

5 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi

6 Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),

6 Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,

6 Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu

7 He will live a pleasant life.

7 He shall live a pleasant life.

7 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

8 And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,

8 Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

9 His abode shall be the abyss.

9 Faommuhu hawiyatun

10 Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -

10 And what will make you know what it is?

10 Wama adraka ma hiyah

11 Raging Fire.

11 A burning fire.

11 Narun hamiyatun