Al Qari'a
Chapter 101, 11 verses
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Arabic
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Shakir
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Pickthall
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
Shakir
The terrible calamity!
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
What is the striking (Hour)?
Shakir
What is the terrible calamity!
Pickthall
What is the Calamity ?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Arabic
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Shakir
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Pickthall
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Arabic
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
Shakir
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
Pickthall
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Arabic
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
Shakir
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Pickthall
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Arabic
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Shakir
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Pickthall
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Arabic
فهو في عيشة راضية
Shakir
He shall live a pleasant life.
Pickthall
He will live a pleasant life.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Arabic
وأما من خفت موازينه
Shakir
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
Pickthall
But as for him whose scales are light,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Shakir
His abode shall be the abyss.
Pickthall
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know what it is?
Arabic
وما أدراك ما هيه
Shakir
And what will make you know what it is?
Pickthall
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Shakir
A burning fire.
Pickthall
Raging Fire.