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