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