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