Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The Striking Calamity -
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
ما القارعة
What is the Striking Calamity?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will be in a pleasant life.
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for one whose scales are light,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
فأمه هاوية
His refuge will be an abyss.
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what will explain to thee what this is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what can make you know what that is?
Narun hamiyatun
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
نار حامية
It is a Fire, intensely hot.