Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
What is the terrible calamity!
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
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!
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
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
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),
He shall live a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life.
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light,
His abode shall be the abyss.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
And what will make you know what it is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
A burning fire.
Narun hamiyatun
Raging Fire.