Kitab

Al Qari'a

Chapter 101, 11 verses

  • Pickthall
  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

What is the Calamity ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

What is the striking (Hour)?

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And the mountains will become as carded wool.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And the mountains will be like carded wool.

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

He will live a pleasant life.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).

Pickthall

But as for him whose scales are light,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And what will make you know what it is?

Pickthall

Raging Fire.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!

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