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| الْقَارِعَةُ {١} |
1. The Calamity! |
| مَا الْقَارِعَةُ {٢} |
2. What is the Calamity? |
| وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ {٣} |
3. Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is! |
| يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ {٤} |
4. A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths |
| وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ {٥} |
5. And the mountains will become as carded wool. |
| فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ {٦} |
6. Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works), |
| فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ {٧} |
7. He will live a pleasant life. |
| وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ {٨} |
8. But as for him whose scales are light, |
| فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ {٩} |
9. A bereft and Hungry One will be his mother, |
| وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ {١٠} |
10. Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! - |
| نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ {١١} |
11. Raging Fire. |
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