Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
The Striking Calamity -
The terrible calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will be in a pleasant life.
He shall live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for one whose scales are light,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
Faommuhu hawiyatun
His refuge will be an abyss.
His abode shall be the abyss.
فأمه هاوية
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Narun hamiyatun
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
A burning fire.
نار حامية