Chapter 101, 11 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The terrible calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
ما القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
فهو في عيشة راضية
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
وأما من خفت موازينه
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
فأمه هاوية
His abode shall be the abyss.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will make you know what it is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
نار حامية
A burning fire.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ