Chapter 101, 11 verses
মহাপ্রলয়,
The terrible calamity!
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
মহাপ্রলয় কী?
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the striking (Hour)?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
মহাপ্রলয় সম্বন্ধে তুমি কী জান?
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
সেই দিন মানুষ হইবে বিক্ষিপ্ত পতংগের মত
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
এবং পর্বতসমূহ হইবে ধূনিত রংগিন পশমের মত।
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
তখন যাহার পাল্লা ভারি হইবে,
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
সে তো লাভ করিবে সন্তোষজনক জীবন।
He shall live a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
কিন্তু যাহার পাল্লা হাল্কা হইবে
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
তাহার স্থান হইবে ‘হাবিয়া’।
His abode shall be the abyss.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
তুমি কি জান উহা কী?
And what will make you know what it is?
And what will make you know what it is?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
উহা অতি উত্তপ্ত অগ্নি।
A burning fire.
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ