In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
The terrible calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
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).
The terrible calamity!
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the striking (Hour)?
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Calamity ?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
His abode shall be the abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will make you know what it is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
A burning fire.
Raging Fire.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ