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