Al-Qaari'a
سُورَةُ القَارِعَةِ
The Calamity · Meccan · 11 verses
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
Arabic:
2.2
1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
OH, the sudden calamity!
2
مَاٱلْقَارِعَةُ
How awesome the sudden calamity!
3
وَمَآأَدْرَىٰكَمَاٱلْقَارِعَةُ
And what could make thee conceive what that sudden calamity will be?
4
يَوْمَيَكُونُٱلنَّاسُكَٱلْفَرَاشِٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion,
5
وَتَكُونُٱلْجِبَالُكَٱلْعِهْنِٱلْمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains will be like fluffy tufts of wool....
6
فَأَمَّامَنثَقُلَتْمَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
And then, he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance
7
فَهُوَفِىعِيشَةٍۢرَّاضِيَةٍۢ
shall find himself in a happy' state of life;
8
وَأَمَّامَنْخَفَّتْمَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
whereas he whose weight is light in the balance
9
فَأُمُّهُۥهَاوِيَةٌۭ
shall be engulfed by an abyss.
10
وَمَآأَدْرَىٰكَمَاهِيَهْ
And what could make thee conceive what that [abyss] will be?
11
نَارٌحَامِيَةٌۢ
A fire hotly burning!