Chapter 101, 11 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
ما القارعة
What is the striking (Hour)?
What is the Calamity ?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
He will live a pleasant life.
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
فأمه هاوية
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
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
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Raging Fire.