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