الـقارعـة

1 AlqariAAatu

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).

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

2 Ma alqariAAatu

2 What is the striking (Hour)?

2 What is the Calamity ?

3 Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu

3 And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?

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

4 Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi

4 It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.

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

5 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi

5 And the mountains will be like carded wool.

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

6 Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu

6 Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,

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

7 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

7 He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).

7 He will live a pleasant life.

8 Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu

8 But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

9 Faommuhu hawiyatun

9 He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

10 Wama adraka ma hiyah

10 And what will make you know what it is?

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

11 Narun hamiyatun

11 (It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!

11 Raging Fire.