Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
The terrible calamity!
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Calamity ?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the terrible calamity!
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will live a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He shall live a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But as for him whose scales are light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
His abode shall be the abyss.
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what will make you know what it is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Raging Fire.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
A burning fire.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ