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