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