Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
What is the terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
What is the Calamity ?
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!
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
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will become as 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),
He shall live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life.
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose scales are light,
His abode shall be the abyss.
فأمه هاوية
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
A burning fire.
نار حامية
Raging Fire.