الـقارعـة

1 The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:

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 The Striking Calamity -

2 What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?

2 What is the striking (Hour)?

2 What is the Striking Calamity?

3 And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?

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

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

4 (It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,

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

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

5 And the mountains will be like carded wool.

5 And the mountains will be like carded wool.

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

6 Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,

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

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

7 Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.

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

7 He will be in a pleasant life.

8 But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -

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

8 But as for one whose scales are light,

9 Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.

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

9 His refuge will be an abyss.

10 And what will explain to thee what this is?

10 And what will make you know what it is?

10 And what can make you know what that is?

11 (It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!

11 (It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!

11 It is a Fire, intensely hot.