Al-Qaari'a

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Al qaari'ah

OH, the sudden calamity!

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Mal qaariah

How awesome the sudden calamity!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

Wa maa adraaka mal qaari'ah

And what could make thee conceive what that sudden calamity will be?

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

Yauma ya koonun naasu kal farashil mabthooth

[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

Wa ta koonul jibalu kal 'ihnil manfoosh

and the mountains will be like fluffy tufts of wool....

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Fa-amma man thaqulat mawa zeenuh

And then, he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

Fahuwa fee 'ishatir raadiyah

shall find himself in a happy' state of life;

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

Wa amma man khaffat mawa zeenuh

whereas he whose weight is light in the balance

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ

Fa-ummuhu haawiyah

shall be engulfed by an abyss.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

Wa maa adraaka maa hiyah

And what could make thee conceive what that [abyss] will be?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

Naarun hamiyah

A fire hotly burning!