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 Striking Calamity -
The terrible calamity!
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the striking (Hour)?
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the terrible calamity!
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
He will be in a pleasant life.
He shall live a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
His refuge will be an abyss.
His abode shall be the abyss.
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
And what will make you know what it is?
And what can make you know what that is?
And what will make you know what it is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
A burning fire.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ