The terrible calamity!
AlqariAAatu
The Striking Calamity -
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
AlqariAAatu
The Striking Calamity -
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the terrible calamity!
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Striking Calamity?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He shall live a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will be in 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 one whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
His abode shall be the abyss.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
His refuge will be an abyss.
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
And what will make you know what it is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
A burning fire.
Narun hamiyatun
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ