Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The terrible calamity!
AlqariAAatu
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Calamity ?
What is the terrible calamity!
Ma alqariAAatu
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will live a pleasant life.
He shall live a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But as for him whose scales are light,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His abode shall be the abyss.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will make you know what it is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Raging Fire.
A burning fire.
Narun hamiyatun
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ