AlqariAAatu
The terrible calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
The terrible calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Striking Calamity?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Faommuhu hawiyatun
His abode shall be the abyss.
His refuge will be an abyss.
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what will make you know what it is?
And what can make you know what that is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Narun hamiyatun
A burning fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ