Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
AlqariAAatu
The Striking Calamity -
What is the Calamity ?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Striking Calamity?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
He will live a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will be in a pleasant life.
But as for him whose scales are light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for one whose scales are light,
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
His refuge will be an abyss.
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will explain to thee what this is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
Raging Fire.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
Narun hamiyatun
It is a Fire, intensely hot.