Surah Al-Qaari'a

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿1﴾

Al qaari'ah

The Calamity!

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿2﴾

Mal qaariah

What is the Calamity?

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ ﴿3﴾

Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah

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

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ ﴿4﴾

Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ ﴿5﴾

Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh

And the mountains will become as carded wool.

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿6﴾

Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh

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

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ ﴿7﴾

Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah

He will live a pleasant life.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ ﴿8﴾

Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh

But as for him whose scales are light,

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ ﴿9﴾

Fa-ummuhu haawiyah

A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ ﴿10﴾

Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah

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

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ ﴿11﴾

Naarun hamiyah

Raging Fire.