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