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