Chapter 101, 11 verses
The Striking Calamity -
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
The terrible calamity!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the terrible calamity!
ما القارعة
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
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,
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
He will be in a pleasant life.
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He shall live a pleasant life.
فهو في عيشة راضية
But as for one whose scales are light,
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
His refuge will be an abyss.
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
His abode shall be the abyss.
فأمه هاوية
And what can make you know what that is?
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
A burning fire.
نار حامية