Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Calamity ?
What is the striking (Hour)?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will make you know what it is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Raging Fire.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ