Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
The Striking Calamity -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the Calamity ?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will be in a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for one whose scales are light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
Faommuhu hawiyatun
His refuge will be an abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will explain to thee what this is?
Narun hamiyatun
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Raging Fire.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!