Chapter 101, 11 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
What is the Calamity ?
What is the terrible calamity!
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life.
He shall live a pleasant life.
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose scales are light,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
فأمه هاوية
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His abode shall be the abyss.
وما أدراك ما هيه
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will make you know what it is?
نار حامية
Raging Fire.
A burning fire.