Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Striking Calamity?
ما القارعة
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
His abode shall be the abyss.
His refuge will be an abyss.
فأمه هاوية
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
And what will make you know what it is?
And what can make you know what that is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
A burning fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نار حامية
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ