Al Qari'a
Chapter 101, 11 verses
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Yusuf Ali
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Hilali & Muhsin Khan
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Pickthall
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Shakir
Yusuf Ali
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Al-Qari'ah (the striking Hour i.e. the Day of Resurrection).
Pickthall
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
Shakir
The terrible calamity!
Yusuf Ali
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
What is the striking (Hour)?
Pickthall
What is the Calamity ?
Shakir
What is the terrible calamity!
Yusuf Ali
And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know what the striking (Hour) is?
Pickthall
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
Shakir
And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
Yusuf Ali
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.
Pickthall
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
Shakir
The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
Yusuf Ali
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
Pickthall
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
Shakir
And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
Yusuf Ali
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Then as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be heavy,
Pickthall
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
Shakir
Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
Yusuf Ali
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He will live a pleasant life (in Paradise).
Pickthall
He will live a pleasant life.
Shakir
He shall live a pleasant life.
Yusuf Ali
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
But as for him whose balance (of good deeds) will be light,
Pickthall
But as for him whose scales are light,
Shakir
And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
Yusuf Ali
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
He will have his home in Hawiyah (pit, i.e. Hell).
Pickthall
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
Shakir
His abode shall be the abyss.
Yusuf Ali
And what will explain to thee what this is?
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
And what will make you know what it is?
Pickthall
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
Shakir
And what will make you know what it is?
Yusuf Ali
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
Hilali & Muhsin Khan
(It is) a fiercely blazing Fire!
Pickthall
Raging Fire.
Shakir
A burning fire.