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).
AlqariAAatu
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity ?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
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.
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life.
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
And what will make you know what it is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Narun hamiyatun
Raging Fire.