Chapter 101, 11 verses
The Striking Calamity -
AlqariAAatu
The terrible calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
What is the Striking Calamity?
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains shall be as loosened 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 measure of good deeds is heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
He will be in a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He shall live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
But as for one whose scales are light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
His refuge will be an abyss.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
His abode shall be the abyss.
فأمه هاوية
And what can make you know what that is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Narun hamiyatun
A burning fire.
نار حامية