Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
AlqariAAatu
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Calamity ?
Ma alqariAAatu
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
His abode shall be the abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
And what will make you know what it is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Wama adraka ma hiyah
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
A burning fire.
Raging Fire.
Narun hamiyatun
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ