Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Calamity ?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
ما القارعة
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
فهو في عيشة راضية
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
وأما من خفت موازينه
His abode shall be the abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
فأمه هاوية
And what will make you know what it is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will explain to thee what this is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
A burning fire.
Raging Fire.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
نار حامية