Chapter 101, 11 verses
The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
The Striking Calamity -
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Calamity!
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
What is the Striking Calamity?
What is the Calamity ?
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
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?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly - scattered moths
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
And the mountains will be like carded wool.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
And the mountains will become as carded wool.
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
He will be in a pleasant life.
He will live a pleasant life.
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light, -
But as for one whose scales are light,
But as for him whose scales are light,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
His refuge will be an abyss.
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
And what will explain to thee what this is?
And what can make you know what that is?
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
(It is) a Fire Blazing fiercely!
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Raging Fire.
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ