الْقَارِعَةُ
The Clatterer!
The Shocker · al-Qari'ah · سورة القارعة · 11 ayahs
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the Clatterer?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Would that you knew what the Clatterer is!
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
[It is] a Day when mankind shall be like scattered moths
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ
and the mount-ains like tufts of carded wool.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Then, the one whose good deeds weigh heavy on the scales,
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ
will have a most pleasing life.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
But as for him whose deeds are light on the scales,
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
the Abyss shall be his home.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
What will convey to you what this is like?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
It is a blazing fire.