Al-Qari'ah القارعة

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim al-qari'ah

The Striking Calamity -

مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

ma al-qari'ah

What is the Striking Calamity?

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

wa ma adraka ma al-qari'ah

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ

yawm yakun an-nas ka-al-farash al-mabthuth

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ

wa-takun al-jibal ka-al-'ihn al-manfush

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

fa-amma man thaqulat mawazinuh

Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ

fa-huwa fi 'ishat radiyat

He will be in a pleasant life.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

wa-amma man khaffat mawazinuh

But as for one whose scales are light,

فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ

fa-ummuhu hawiya

His refuge will be an abyss.

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ

wa-ma adraka ma hiyah

And what can make you know what that is?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ

narun hamiyatun

It is a Fire, intensely hot.