Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
What is the terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
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
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
He shall live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life.
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light,
His abode shall be the abyss.
فأمه هاوية
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
A burning fire.
نار حامية
Narun hamiyatun
Raging Fire.