Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Calamity ?
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
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,
(It is) a Day whereon men 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 wool, fluffed up.
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 one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His refuge will be an abyss.
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what can make you know what that is?
And what will explain to thee what this is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Raging Fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ