Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
মহাপ্রলয়,
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
What is the terrible calamity!
মহাপ্রলয় কী?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the Calamity ?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
মহাপ্রলয় সম্বন্ধে তুমি কী জান?
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
সেই দিন মানুষ হইবে বিক্ষিপ্ত পতংগের মত
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
এবং পর্বতসমূহ হইবে ধূনিত রংগিন পশমের মত।
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
তখন যাহার পাল্লা ভারি হইবে,
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
He shall live a pleasant life.
সে তো লাভ করিবে সন্তোষজনক জীবন।
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He will live a pleasant life.
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
কিন্তু যাহার পাল্লা হাল্কা হইবে
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
But as for him whose scales are light,
His abode shall be the abyss.
তাহার স্থান হইবে ‘হাবিয়া’।
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
And what will make you know what it is?
তুমি কি জান উহা কী?
And what will explain to thee what this is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
A burning fire.
উহা অতি উত্তপ্ত অগ্নি।
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
Raging Fire.