Al Qari'a

Transliteration

1 AlqariAAatu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

2 Ma alqariAAatu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 What is the striking (Hour)?

Pickthall

2 What is the Calamity ?

Transliteration

3 Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

4 Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

5 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 And the mountains will be like carded wool.

Pickthall

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

Transliteration

6 Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

7 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).

Pickthall

7 He will live a pleasant life.

Transliteration

8 Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,

Pickthall

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

Transliteration

9 Faommuhu hawiyatun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).

Pickthall

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

Transliteration

10 Wama adraka ma hiyah

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 And what will make you know what it is?

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

11 Narun hamiyatun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 (It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!

Pickthall

11 Raging Fire.