Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
What is the terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
What is the Calamity ?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
He shall live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose scales are light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
His abode shall be the abyss.
فأمه هاوية
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will explain to thee what this is?
A burning fire.
نار حامية
Raging Fire.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!