الـقارعـة

1 AlqariAAatu

1 The Striking Calamity -

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

2 Ma alqariAAatu

2 What is the Striking Calamity?

2 What is the Calamity ?

3 Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu

3 And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

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

4 Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi

4 It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

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

5 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi

5 And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

6 Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu

6 Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

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

7 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

7 He will be in a pleasant life.

7 He will live a pleasant life.

8 Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu

8 But as for one whose scales are light,

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

9 Faommuhu hawiyatun

9 His refuge will be an abyss.

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

10 Wama adraka ma hiyah

10 And what can make you know what that is?

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

11 Narun hamiyatun

11 It is a Fire, intensely hot.

11 Raging Fire.