Chapter 101, 11 verses
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
The Striking Calamity -
AlqariAAatu
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the Calamity ?
What is the Striking Calamity?
Ma alqariAAatu
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He will live a pleasant life.
He will be in a pleasant life.
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
But as for him whose scales are light,
But as for one whose scales are light,
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
His refuge will be an abyss.
Faommuhu hawiyatun
And what will explain to thee what this is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
And what can make you know what that is?
Wama adraka ma hiyah
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
Raging Fire.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Narun hamiyatun