The terrible calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
AlqariAAatu
Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
AlqariAAatu
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Striking Calamity?
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Ma alqariAAatu
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
His abode shall be the abyss.
His refuge will be an abyss.
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
Faommuhu hawiyatun
And what will make you know what it is?
And what can make you know what that is?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Wama adraka ma hiyah
A burning fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
Narun hamiyatun