Al Qari'a
Chapter 101, 11 verses
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Shakir
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Arabic
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Pickthall
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Shakir
The terrible calamity!
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Shakir
What is the terrible calamity!
Pickthall
What is the Calamity ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
What is the striking (Hour)?
Shakir
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Arabic
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Pickthall
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Shakir
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
Arabic
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
Pickthall
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Shakir
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Arabic
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
Pickthall
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Shakir
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Arabic
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Pickthall
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Shakir
He shall live a pleasant life.
Arabic
فهو في عيشة راضية
Pickthall
He will live a pleasant life.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Shakir
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
Arabic
وأما من خفت موازينه
Pickthall
But as for him whose scales are light,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Shakir
His abode shall be the abyss.
Pickthall
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Shakir
And what will make you know what it is?
Arabic
وما أدراك ما هيه
Pickthall
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know what it is?
Shakir
A burning fire.
Pickthall
Raging Fire.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!