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