Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
AlqariAAatu
The Striking Calamity -
What is the Calamity ?
ما القارعة
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Striking Calamity?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
He will live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will be in a pleasant life.
But as for him whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for one whose scales are light,
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فأمه هاوية
Faommuhu hawiyatun
His refuge will be an abyss.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وما أدراك ما هيه
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
Raging Fire.
نار حامية
Narun hamiyatun
It is a Fire, intensely hot.