Chapter 101, 11 verses
AlqariAAatu
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
The Striking Calamity -
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the Striking Calamity?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
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?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
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,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
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],
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He will be in a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
But as for one whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Faommuhu hawiyatun
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
His refuge will be an abyss.
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what can make you know what that is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Narun hamiyatun
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ