بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

OH, the sudden calamity!

مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

How awesome the sudden calamity!

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْقَارِعَةُ

And what could make thee conceive what that sudden calamity will be?

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ كَٱلْفَرَاشِ ٱلْمَبْثُوثِ

[It will occur] on the Day when men will be like moths swarming in confusion,

وَتَكُونُ ٱلْجِبَالُ كَٱلْعِهْنِ ٱلْمَنفُوشِ

and the mountains will be like fluffy tufts of wool....

فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

And then, he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance

فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍۢ رَّاضِيَةٍۢ

shall find himself in a happy' state of life;

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَٰزِينُهُۥ

whereas he whose weight is light in the balance

فَأُمُّهُۥ هَاوِيَةٌۭ

shall be engulfed by an abyss.

وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا هِيَهْ

And what could make thee conceive what that [abyss] will be?

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌۢ

A fire hotly burning!