AlqariAAatu
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
The Striking Calamity -
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
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).
The Striking Calamity -
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the striking (Hour)?
What is the Striking Calamity?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
He will be in a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Faommuhu hawiyatun
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
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
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ