بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
الْقَارِعَةُ
Al qaari'ah
The Striking Calamity -
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Mal qaariah
What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ
Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah
He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh
But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
Fa-ummuhu haawiyah
His refuge will be an abyss.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah
And what can make you know what that is?