Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Calamity ?
What is the Striking Calamity?
ما القارعة
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His refuge will be an abyss.
فأمه هاوية
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what can make you know what that is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Raging Fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نار حامية
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ