Al Qari'a

1 The terrible calamity!

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!

2 What is the terrible calamity!

2 What is the striking (Hour)?

2 What is the Calamity ?

3 And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?

3 And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!

4 The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,

4 It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.

4 A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths

5 And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.

5 And the mountains will be like carded wool.

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

6 Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,

6 Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,

6 Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),

7 He shall live a pleasant life.

7 He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).

7 He will live a pleasant life.

8 And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,

8 But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

9 His abode shall be the abyss.

9 He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

10 And what will make you know what it is?

10 And what will make you know what it is?

10 Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -

11 A burning fire.

11 (It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!

11 Raging Fire.