بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ

The Calamity!

مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

What is the Calamity?

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ

And the mountains will become as carded wool.

فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ

He will live a pleasant life.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

But as for him whose scales are light,

فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ

A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ

Raging Fire.