AL-QARIA (THE CALAMITY, THE STUNNING BLOW, THE DISASTER)
Total Verses: 11
Revealed At: MAKKA
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.
101.001 Y: The (Day) of Noise and Clamour:
P: The Calamity!
S: The terrible calamity!
101.002 Y: What is the (Day) of Noise and Clamour?
P: What is the Calamity?
S: What is the terrible calamity!
101.003 Y: And what will explain to thee what the (Day) of Noise and Clamour is?
P: Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
S: And what will make you comprehend what the terrible calamity is?
101.004 Y: (It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,
P: A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths
S: The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,
101.005 Y: And the mountains will be like carded wool.
P: And the mountains will become as carded wool.
S: And the mountains shall be as loosened wool.
101.006 Y: Then, he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) heavy,
P: Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
S: Then as for him whose measure of good deeds is heavy,
101.007 Y: Will be in a life of good pleasure and satisfaction.
P: He will live a pleasant life.
S: He shall live a pleasant life.
101.008 Y: But he whose balance (of good deeds) will be (found) light,-
P: But as for him whose scales are light,
S: And as for him whose measure of good deeds is light,
101.009 Y: Will have his home in a (bottomless) Pit.
P: A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,
S: His abode shall be the abyss.
101.010 Y: And what will explain to thee what this is?
P: Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -
S: And what will make you know what it is?
101.011 Y: (It is) a Fire blazing fiercely!
P: Raging Fire.
S: A burning fire.