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