Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Ma alqariAAatu
ما القارعة
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the Calamity ?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فهو في عيشة راضية
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He will live a pleasant life.
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
وأما من خفت موازينه
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
But as for him whose scales are light,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
فأمه هاوية
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Wama adraka ma hiyah
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will explain to thee what this is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Narun hamiyatun
نار حامية
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
Raging Fire.