Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
AlqariAAatu
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The Striking Calamity -
What is the Calamity ?
Ma alqariAAatu
ما القارعة
What is the Striking Calamity?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
He will live a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will be in a pleasant life.
But as for him whose scales are light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for one whose scales are light,
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
فأمه هاوية
His refuge will be an abyss.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Wama adraka ma hiyah
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what can make you know what that is?
Raging Fire.
Narun hamiyatun
نار حامية
It is a Fire, intensely hot.