Al Qari'a

Transliteration

1 AlqariAAatu

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!

Saheeh International

1 The Striking Calamity -

Transliteration

2 Ma alqariAAatu

Pickthall

2 What is the Calamity ?

Saheeh International

2 What is the Striking Calamity?

Transliteration

3 Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu

Pickthall

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!

Saheeh International

3 And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

Transliteration

4 Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi

Pickthall

4 A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths

Saheeh International

4 It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

Transliteration

5 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi

Pickthall

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

Saheeh International

5 And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

Transliteration

6 Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu

Pickthall

6 Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),

Saheeh International

6 Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

Transliteration

7 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

Pickthall

7 He will live a pleasant life.

Saheeh International

7 He will be in a pleasant life.

Transliteration

8 Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu

Pickthall

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

Saheeh International

8 But as for one whose scales are light,

Transliteration

9 Faommuhu hawiyatun

Pickthall

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

Saheeh International

9 His refuge will be an abyss.

Transliteration

10 Wama adraka ma hiyah

Pickthall

10 Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -

Saheeh International

10 And what can make you know what that is?

Transliteration

11 Narun hamiyatun

Pickthall

11 Raging Fire.

Saheeh International

11 It is a Fire, intensely hot.