Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The terrible calamity!
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Calamity ?
ما القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He shall live a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But as for him whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فأمه هاوية
His abode shall be the abyss.
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will make you know what it is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Raging Fire.
نار حامية
A burning fire.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ