Al-Qāri`ah

ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ١

The Calamity!

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ٢

What is the Calamity?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ٣

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

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ٤

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ٥

And the mountains will become as carded wool.

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٦

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

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ ٧

He will live a pleasant life.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ٨

But as for him whose scales are light,

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ ٩

A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ١٠

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

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ١١

Raging Fire.