আল কারেয়া

1 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).

1 The terrible calamity!

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!

2 What is the striking (Hour)?

2 What is the terrible calamity!

2 What is the Calamity ?

3 And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?

3 And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?

3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!

4 It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.

4 The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,

4 A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths

5 And the mountains will be like carded wool.

5 And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

6 Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,

6 Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,

6 Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),

7 He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).

7 He shall live a pleasant life.

7 He will live a pleasant life.

8 But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,

8 And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

9 He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).

9 His abode shall be the abyss.

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

10 And what will make you know what it is?

10 And what will make you know what it is?

10 Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -

11 (It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!

11 A burning fire.

11 Raging Fire.