Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the striking (Hour)?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what will make you know what it is?
Narun hamiyatun
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!