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