اَلۡقَارِعَةُۙ‏

Al-Qāri`ahu

The Striking Calamity

مَا الۡقَارِعَةُۚ‏

Mā Al-Qāri`ahu

What is the Striking Calamity

وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا الۡقَارِعَةُؕ‏

Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Al-Qāri`ahu

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity

يَوۡمَ يَكُوۡنُ النَّاسُ كَالۡفَرَاشِ الۡمَبۡثُوۡثِۙ‏

Yawma Yakūnu An-Nāsu Kālfarāshi Al-Mabthūthi

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

وَتَكُوۡنُ الۡجِبَالُ كَالۡعِهۡنِ الۡمَنۡفُوۡشِؕ‏

Wa Takūnu Al-Jibālu Kāl`ihni Al-Manfūshi

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَازِيۡنُهٗۙ‏

Fa'ammā Man Thaqulat Mawāzīnuhu

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

فَهُوَ فِيۡ عِيۡشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍؕ‏

Fahuwa Fī `Īshatin Rāđiyahin

He will be in a pleasant life

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَازِيۡنُهٗۙ‏

Wa 'Ammā Man Khaffat Mawāzīnuhu

But as for one whose scales are light

فَاُمُّهٗ هَاوِيَةٌؕ‏

Fa'ummuhu Hāwiyahun

His refuge will be an abyss

وَمَا٘ اَدۡرٰىكَ مَا هِيَهۡؕ‏

Wa Mā 'Adrāka Mā Hiyah

And what can make you know what that is

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌࣖ‏

Nārun Ĥāmiyahun

It is a Fire, intensely hot