Al-Qari'ah

اَلۡقَارِعَةُ ۙ‏

The Striking Calamity -

مَا الۡقَارِعَةُ​ ۚ‏

What is the Striking Calamity?

وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا الۡقَارِعَةُ ؕ‏

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity?

يَوۡمَ يَكُوۡنُ النَّاسُ كَالۡفَرَاشِ الۡمَبۡثُوۡثِۙ‏

It is the Day when people will be like moths, dispersed,1

وَتَكُوۡنُ الۡجِبَالُ كَالۡعِهۡنِ الۡمَنۡفُوۡشِؕ‏

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up.1

فَاَمَّا مَنۡ ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَازِيۡنُهٗ ۙ‏

Then as for one whose scales are heavy [with good deeds],

فَهُوَ فِىۡ عِيۡشَةٍ رَّاضِيَةٍ ؕ‏

He will be in a pleasant life.

وَاَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَازِيۡنُهٗ ۙ‏

But as for one whose scales are light,

فَاُمُّهٗ هَاوِيَةٌ ؕ‏

His refuge1 will be an abyss.2

وَمَاۤ اَدۡرٰٮكَ مَا هِيَهۡ ؕ‏

And what can make you know what that is?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ‏

It is a Fire, intensely hot.