101Al-Qaari'a

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ

The Clatterer!

مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

What is the Clatterer?

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

And what shall teach thee what is the Clatterer?

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ

The day that men shall be like scattered moths,

وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ

and the mountains shall be like plucked wool-tufts.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

Then he whose deeds weigh heavy in the Balance

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ

shall inherit a pleasing life,

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

but he whose deeds weigh light in the Balance

فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ

shall plunge in the womb of the Pit.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ

And what shall teach thee what is the Pit?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ

A blazing Fire!