Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
AlqariAAatu
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
What is the Calamity ?
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the striking (Hour)?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
He will live a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
But as for him whose scales are light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what will make you know what it is?
Raging Fire.
Narun hamiyatun
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!