الـقارعـة

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

1 AlqariAAatu

1 The terrible calamity!

2 What is the Calamity ?

2 Ma alqariAAatu

2 What is the terrible calamity!

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

3 Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu

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

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

4 Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi

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

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

5 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi

5 And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.

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

6 Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu

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

7 He will live a pleasant life.

7 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

7 He shall live a pleasant life.

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

8 Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu

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

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

9 Faommuhu hawiyatun

9 His abode shall be the abyss.

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

10 Wama adraka ma hiyah

10 And what will make you know what it is?

11 Raging Fire.

11 Narun hamiyatun

11 A burning fire.