Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
What is the striking (Hour)?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
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.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!