Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
What is the terrible calamity!
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the striking (Hour)?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
He shall live a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
His abode shall be the abyss.
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
And what will make you know what it is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what will make you know what it is?
A burning fire.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!