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).
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
What is the Calamity ?
What is the terrible calamity!
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
He will live a pleasant life.
He shall live a pleasant life.
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His abode shall be the abyss.
And what will make you know what it is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what will make you know what it is?
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Raging Fire.
A burning fire.