Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Calamity ?
ما القارعة
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But as for him whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فأمه هاوية
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will explain to thee what this is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Raging Fire.
نار حامية
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ