Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
AlqariAAatu
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Striking Calamity?
Ma alqariAAatu
ما القارعة
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
وما أدراك ما القارعة
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فهو في عيشة راضية
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
وأما من خفت موازينه
His abode shall be the abyss.
His refuge will be an abyss.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
فأمه هاوية
And what will make you know what it is?
And what can make you know what that is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
وما أدراك ما هيه
A burning fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Narun hamiyatun
نار حامية