Chapter 101, 11 verses
The Striking Calamity -
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
AlqariAAatu
What is the Striking Calamity?
ما القارعة
What is the Calamity ?
Ma alqariAAatu
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
He will be in a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
But as for one whose scales are light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose scales are light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
His refuge will be an abyss.
فأمه هاوية
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Faommuhu hawiyatun
And what can make you know what that is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Wama adraka ma hiyah
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
نار حامية
Raging Fire.
Narun hamiyatun