আল কারেয়া

1 AlqariAAatu

1 The terrible calamity!

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

2 Ma alqariAAatu

2 What is the terrible calamity!

2 What is the Calamity ?

3 Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu

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

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

4 Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi

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

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

5 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi

5 And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

6 Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu

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 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

7 He shall live a pleasant life.

7 He will live a pleasant life.

8 Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu

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

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

9 Faommuhu hawiyatun

9 His abode shall be the abyss.

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

10 Wama adraka ma hiyah

10 And what will make you know what it is?

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

11 Narun hamiyatun

11 A burning fire.

11 Raging Fire.