Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The terrible calamity!
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
What is the terrible calamity!
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life.
He shall live a pleasant life.
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His abode shall be the abyss.
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will make you know what it is?
Narun hamiyatun
Raging Fire.
A burning fire.