Al-Qâri‘ah

الْقَارِعَةُ ١

The Calamity!

مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ٢

What is the Calamity ?

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ٣

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

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ ٤

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ ٥

And the mountains will become as carded wool.

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ٦

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

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ٧

He will live a pleasant life.

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ ٨

But as for him whose scales are light,

فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ ٩

A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ ١٠

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

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ ١١

Raging Fire.