In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
AlqariAAatu
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
The terrible 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).
AlqariAAatu
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
The terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
Ma alqariAAatu
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the terrible calamity!
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
He shall live a pleasant life.
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Faommuhu hawiyatun
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
His abode shall be the abyss.
And what will make you know what it is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what will make you know what it is?
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Narun hamiyatun
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
A burning fire.