{بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ} (1) The Striking Calamity - {مَا الْقَارِعَةُ} (2) What is the Striking Calamity? {وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ} (3) And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity? {يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ} (4) It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,[1975] {وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ} (5) And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.[1976] {فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ} (6) Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds], {فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ} (7) He will be in a pleasant life. {وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ} (8) But as for one whose scales are light, {فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ} (9) His refuge[1977] will be an abyss.[1978] {وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ} (10) And what can make you know what that is? {نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ} (11) It is a Fire, intensely hot. Available translations English Translation - Saheeh International English Translation - Hilali and Khan
