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