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