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