Chapter 101, 11 verses
The terrible calamity!
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
The Striking Calamity -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the Calamity ?
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 can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity 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 the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
And the mountains will become as 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 one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
He shall live a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He will be in a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
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 one whose scales are light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
His abode shall be the abyss.
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
His refuge will be an abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what can make you know what that is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
A burning fire.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Raging Fire.