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