Al Qari'a

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).

1 The Striking Calamity -

2 What is the Calamity ?

2 What is the striking (Hour)?

2 What is the Striking Calamity?

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!

3 And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?

3 And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

4 A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths

4 It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.

4 It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

5 And the mountains will be like carded wool.

5 And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

6 Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),

6 Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,

6 Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

7 He will live a pleasant life.

7 He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).

7 He will be in a pleasant life.

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

8 But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,

8 But as for one whose scales are light,

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

9 He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).

9 His refuge will be an abyss.

10 Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -

10 And what will make you know what it is?

10 And what can make you know what that is?

11 Raging Fire.

11 (It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!

11 It is a Fire, intensely hot.