101 · Meccan · 11 verses
The Calamity
القارعة
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ١
The Striking Calamity -
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ٢
What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ٣
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ٤
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ٥
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ٧
He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨
But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ ٩
His refuge will be an abyss.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ١٠
And what can make you know what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ١١
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
Qur'an text: Tanzil.net. Translation, word by word and tafsir: Quran Foundation (Quran.com). Audio: Quran Foundation (Quran.com).