Chapter 101, 11 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
ما القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
فهو في عيشة راضية
He shall live a pleasant life.
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
فأمه هاوية
His abode shall be the abyss.
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will make you know what it is?
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
نار حامية
A burning fire.