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