Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The terrible calamity!
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
What is the Calamity ?
ما القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
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?
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
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,
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
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,
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
He will live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He shall live a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
But as for him whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فأمه هاوية
His abode shall be the abyss.
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will explain to thee what this is?
Raging Fire.
نار حامية
A burning fire.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!