Chapter 101, 11 verses
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
The terrible calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
ما القارعة
What is the terrible calamity!
What is the Striking Calamity?
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible 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
The day on which men shall be as 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 shall be as loosened 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 measure of good deeds is heavy,
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 shall 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
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
فأمه هاوية
His abode shall be the abyss.
His refuge will be an abyss.
And what will explain to thee what this is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
And what will make you know what it is?
And what can make you know what that is?
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
نار حامية
A burning fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.