Surah Al-Qaria - English Translation by Muhammad Asad
ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
OH, the sudden calamity
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 1
مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
How awesome the sudden calamity
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 2
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ
And what could make thee conceive what that sudden calamity will be
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 3
يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ
[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 4
وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ كَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ
and the mountains will be like fluffy tufts of wool
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 5
فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
And then, he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 6
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٖ رَّاضِيَةٖ
shall find himself in a happy' state of life
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 7
وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ
whereas he whose weight is light in the balance
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 8
فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٞ
shall be engulfed by an abyss
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 9
وَمَآ أَدۡرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ
And what could make thee conceive what that [abyss] will be
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 10
نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ
A fire hotly burning
Surah Al-Qaria, Verse 11