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 (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
The terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the terrible calamity!
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He shall live a pleasant life.
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
His abode shall be the abyss.
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what will make you know what it is?
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
A burning fire.