بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
elḳâri`ah.
The Striking Calamity -
مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
me-lḳâri`ah.
What is the Striking Calamity?
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ
vemâ edrâke me-lḳâri`ah.
And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ
yevme yekûnü-nnâsü kelferâşi-lmebŝûŝ.
It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,
وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ
vetekûnü-lcibâlü kel`ihni-lmenfûş.
And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
feemmâ men ŝeḳulet mevâzînüh.
Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],
فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ
fehüve fî `îşetir râḍiyeh.
He will be in a pleasant life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
veemmâ men ḫaffet mevâzînüh.
But as for one whose scales are light,
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ
feümmühû hâviyeh.
His refuge will be an abyss.
وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ
vemâ edrâke mâ hiyeh.
And what can make you know what that is?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ
nârun ḥâmiyeh.
It is a Fire, intensely hot.
