Chapter 101, 11 verses
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The Striking Calamity -
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
The terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the terrible calamity!
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will be in a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He shall live a pleasant life.
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for one whose scales are light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
فأمه هاوية
His refuge will be an abyss.
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
His abode shall be the abyss.
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what can make you know what that is?
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what will make you know what it is?
نار حامية
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
A burning fire.