Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The Striking Calamity -
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
What is the Calamity ?
ما القارعة
What is the Striking 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 can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
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
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
(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 will be like wool, fluffed up.
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 one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
He will live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will be in 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
But as for one whose scales are light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فأمه هاوية
His refuge will be an abyss.
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what can make you know what that is?
And what will explain to thee what this is?
Raging Fire.
نار حامية
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!