Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
ما القارعة
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
وما أدراك ما القارعة
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فأمه هاوية
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وما أدراك ما هيه
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Narun hamiyatun
Raging Fire.
نار حامية
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ