The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Chapter 101, 11 verses
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم القارعة
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the striking (Hour)?
ما القارعة
What is the Calamity ?
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
وما أدراك ما القارعة
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
يوم يكون الناس كالفراش المبثوث
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
وتكون الجبال كالعهن المنفوش
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
فأما من ثقلت موازينه
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
فهو في عيشة راضية
He will live a pleasant life.
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
وأما من خفت موازينه
But as for him whose scales are light,
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
فأمه هاوية
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what will make you know what it is?
وما أدراك ما هيه
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
نار حامية
Raging Fire.