القارعة
Al-Qari’ah
The Calamity
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Bismillah hir rahman nir raheem
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful
(١) ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
Al qaari’ah
(1) The Striking Calamity –
(٢) مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
Mal qaariah
(2) What is the Striking Calamity?
(٣) وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
Wa maa adraaka mal qaari’ah
(3) And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
(٤) يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth
(4) It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
(٥) وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
Wa ta koonul jibalu kal ‘ihnil manfoosh
(5) And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
(٦) فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh
(6) Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
(٧) فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ
Fahuwa fee ‘ishatir raadiyah
(7) He will be in a pleasant life.
(٨) وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh
(8) But as for one whose scales are light,
(٩) فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ
Fa-ummuhu haawiyah
(9) His refuge will be an abyss.
(١٠) وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ
Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah
(10) And what can make you know what that is?
(١١) نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ
Naarun hamiyah
(11) It is a Fire, intensely hot.