بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْقَارِعَةُ
The (unprecedented) crash!
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
What is the crash?
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ
Would that you knew what the crash is!
يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ
On that day, people will be like scattered moths
وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ
and mountains will be like carded wool.
فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
Those whose good deeds will weigh heavier (on the scale)
فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ
will live a pleasant life,
وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ
but those whose good deeds will be lighter (on the scale).
فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ
will have hawiyah as their dwelling.
وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ
Would that you knew what hawiya his?
نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ
It is a burning Fire.