Surah Al-Qari'ah — The Calamity

اَلْقَارِعَةُۙ

Al-qāri‘ah(tu).

The Striking Calamity -

مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ۚ

Mal-qāri‘ah(tu).

What is the Striking Calamity?

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ ۗ

Wa mā adrāka mal-qāri‘ah(tu).

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

يَوْمَ يَكُوْنُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوْثِۙ

Yauma yakūnun-nāsu kal-farāsyil-mabṡūṡ(i).

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,

وَتَكُوْنُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوْشِۗ

Wa takūnul-jibālu kal-‘ihnil-manfūsy(i).

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.

فَاَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِيْنُهٗۙ

Fa ammā man ṡaqulat mawāzīnuh(ū).

Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

فَهُوَ فِيْ عِيْشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍۗ

Fa huwa fī ‘īsyatir rāḍiyah(tin).

He will be in a pleasant life.

وَاَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِيْنُهٗۙ

Wa ammā man khaffat mawāzīnuh(ū).

But as for one whose scales are light,

فَاُمُّهٗ هَاوِيَةٌ ۗ

Fa ummuhū hāwiyah(tun).

His refuge will be an abyss.

وَمَآ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا هِيَهْۗ

Wa mā adrāka mā hiyah.

And what can make you know what that is?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ ࣖ

Nārun ḥāmiyah(tun).

It is a Fire, intensely hot.