The terrible calamity!
AlqariAAatu
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity -
Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
AlqariAAatu
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity -
What is the terrible calamity!
Ma alqariAAatu
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
He shall live a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
He will be in a pleasant life.
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
But as for one whose scales are light,
His abode shall be the abyss.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
His refuge will be an abyss.
And what will make you know what it is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what can make you know what that is?
A burning fire.
Narun hamiyatun
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
It is a Fire, intensely hot.