Al-Qari'ah

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

The Calamity

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

What is the Calamity

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

And the mountains will become as carded wool

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

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

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

He will live a pleasant life

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

But as for him whose scales are light

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ

A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

Raging Fire