بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
AlqariAAatu
The Calamity
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
Ma alqariAAatu
What is the Calamity
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
Wama adraka ma alqariAAatu
Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is
یَوۡمَ یَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
Yawma yakoonu alnnasu kaalfarashi almabthoothi
A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
Watakoonu aljibalu kaalAAihni almanfooshi
And the mountains will become as carded wool
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَ ٰزِینُهُۥ
Faamma man thaqulat mawazeenuhu
Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works)
فَهُوَ فِی عِیشَةࣲ رَّاضِیَةࣲ
Fahuwa fee AAeeshatin radiyatin
He will live a pleasant life
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَ ٰزِینُهُۥ
Waamma man khaffat mawazeenuhu
But as for him whose scales are light
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِیَةࣱ
Faommuhu hawiyatun
A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother
وَمَاۤ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِیَهۡ
Wama adraka ma hiyah
Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is
نَارٌ حَامِیَةُۢ
Narun hamiyatun
Raging Fire