AL QARIA`H (THE TERRIFYING EVENT)
(Revealed at Mecca – contains 11 verses – 1 section)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
AYAT | TRANSLATION |
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1 | الْقَارِعَةُ |
The event that terrifies the hearts! | |
2 | مَا الْقَارِعَةُ |
What is the event that terrifies the hearts? | |
3 | وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ |
And what have you understood, what the event that terrifies the hearts is! | |
4 | يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ |
The day when men will be like scattered moths. | |
5 | وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ |
And mountains will be like flying wool. | |
6 | فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ |
So for one whose scales prove heavy, | |
7 | فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ |
He is therefore in the desired bliss. | |
8 | وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ |
And for one whose scales prove light, | |
9 | فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ |
He is in the lap of one that abases. | |
10 | وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ |
And what have you understood, what the one that abases is! | |
11 | نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ |
A flaming fire! | |