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