Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
AlqariAAatu
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Calamity ?
What is the Striking Calamity?
Ma alqariAAatu
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
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),
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
His abode shall be the abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His refuge will be an abyss.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
And what will make you know what it is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what can make you know what that is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
A burning fire.
Raging Fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Narun hamiyatun