Al Qari'a

1 The Striking Calamity -

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

1 AlqariAAatu

2 What is the Striking Calamity?

2 What is the Calamity ?

2 Ma alqariAAatu

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

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

3 Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu

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

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

4 Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi

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

5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.

5 Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi

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

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

6 Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu

7 He will be in a pleasant life.

7 He will live a pleasant life.

7 Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin

8 But as for one whose scales are light,

8 But as for him whose scales are light,

8 Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu

9 His refuge will be an abyss.

9 A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

9 Faommuhu hawiyatun

10 And what can make you know what that is?

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

10 Wama adraka ma hiyah

11 It is a Fire, intensely hot.

11 Raging Fire.

11 Narun hamiyatun