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:
The Striking Calamity -
What is the Calamity ?
ما القارعة
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the Striking Calamity?
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?
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
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
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,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
He will live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He will be in a pleasant life.
But as for him whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
But as for one whose scales are light,
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فأمه هاوية
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
His refuge will be an abyss.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what can make you know what that is?
Raging Fire.
نار حامية
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
It is a Fire, intensely hot.