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