Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
What is the Calamity ?
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the striking (Hour)?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
He will live a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
But as for him whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what will make you know what it is?
Raging Fire.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!