আল কারেয়া

1 The Striking Calamity -

1 AlqariAAatu

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

2 What is the Striking Calamity?

2 Ma alqariAAatu

2 What is the Calamity ?

3 And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

3 Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu

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

4 It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

4 Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi

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

5 And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

5 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

6 Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

6 Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu

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

7 He will be in a pleasant life.

7 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

7 He will live a pleasant life.

8 But as for one whose scales are light,

8 Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

9 His refuge will be an abyss.

9 Faommuhu hawiyatun

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

10 And what can make you know what that is?

10 Wama adraka ma hiyah

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

11 It is a Fire, intensely hot.

11 Narun hamiyatun

11 Raging Fire.