Al-Qariah (The Calamity)
سورة القارعة
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ
1 الْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity –
2 مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity?
3 وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
4 يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
5 وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
6 فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
7 فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
He will be in a pleasant life.
8 وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
But as for one whose scales are light,
9 فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
His refuge will be an abyss.
10 وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what can make you know what that is?
11 نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
It is a Fire, intensely hot.