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