بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
The event that terrifies the hearts!
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the event that terrifies the hearts?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
And what have you understood, what the event that terrifies the hearts is!
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
The day when men will be like scattered moths.
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ
And mountains will be like flying wool.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
So for one whose scales prove heavy,
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ
He is therefore in the desired bliss.
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
And for one whose scales prove light,
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
He is in the lap of one that abases.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
And what have you understood, what the one that abases is!
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
A flaming fire!