Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
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!
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the striking (Hour)?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
He shall live a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
His abode shall be the abyss.
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what will make you know what it is?
A burning fire.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!