Chapter 101, 11 verses
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
ما القارعة
What is the Calamity ?
What is the Striking Calamity?
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
فأمه هاوية
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His refuge will be an abyss.
And what will explain to thee what this is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what can make you know what that is?
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
نار حامية
Raging Fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.