Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
The terrible calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Faommuhu hawiyatun
His abode shall be the abyss.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will make you know what it is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Narun hamiyatun
A burning fire.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ