Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The Striking Calamity -
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
ما القارعة
What is the Striking Calamity?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will be in a pleasant life.
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for one whose scales are light,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فأمه هاوية
His refuge will be an abyss.
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what can make you know what that is?
Narun hamiyatun
Raging Fire.
نار حامية
It is a Fire, intensely hot.