بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
101:1
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
The Striking Calamity!
101:2
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Striking Calamity?
101:3
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
How do you know what the Striking Calamity is?
101:4
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
On that Day people will be like scattered moths¹,
101:5
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains will be like carded wool².
101:6
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
Then the one whose scales of good deeds are heavy,
101:7
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ
will have a pleasant life³.
101:8
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
But the one whose scales of good deeds are light,
101:9
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌ
his abode will be the abyss⁴.
101:10
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And how do you know what it is?
101:11
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
It is a Blazing Fire.