Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
ما القارعة
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
And the mountains shall be as loosened 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 balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
فهو في عيشة راضية
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
His abode shall be the abyss.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
فأمه هاوية
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
A burning fire.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
نار حامية