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
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
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
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
ما القارعة
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
فهو في عيشة راضية
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life.
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
فأمه هاوية
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
نار حامية
Narun hamiyatun
Raging Fire.