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).
মহাপ্রলয়,
The terrible calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
What is the striking (Hour)?
মহাপ্রলয় কী?
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Striking Calamity?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
মহাপ্রলয় সম্বন্ধে তুমি কী জান?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
সেই দিন মানুষ হইবে বিক্ষিপ্ত পতংগের মত
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
এবং পর্বতসমূহ হইবে ধূনিত রংগিন পশমের মত।
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
তখন যাহার পাল্লা ভারি হইবে,
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
সে তো লাভ করিবে সন্তোষজনক জীবন।
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
কিন্তু যাহার পাল্লা হাল্কা হইবে
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
তাহার স্থান হইবে ‘হাবিয়া’।
His abode shall be the abyss.
His refuge will be an abyss.
And what will make you know what it is?
তুমি কি জান উহা কী?
And what will make you know what it is?
And what can make you know what that is?
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
উহা অতি উত্তপ্ত অগ্নি।
A burning fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.