101 - Sūrat al-Qāri’ah

In the name of Allah (who is) Rahmān (and) Rahīm.

[For explanation, see Sūrat al-Fātiha: 1]

1

The Clatterer, the Resurrection that will make hearts clatter by its terrors.

2

What is the Clatterer? - [intended] to emphasise its awesomeness (mā'l-qāri'ah: both of these [elements] constitute a subject and a predicate, and [together] the predicate of [the first] al-qāri'ah).

3

And what will show you, [what] will make known to you, what the Clatterer is? - additional emphasis of its awesomeness (the first mā is a subject, and what follows it is its predicate; the second mā and its predicate also function together as the second direct object of [the verb] adrā, 'show').

4

The day (yawma: that which renders it accusative is [the verb] indicated by al-qāri'ah, in other words, [by the implied] taqra'u, 'it clatters') mankind will be like scattered moths, like a throng of scattered locusts surging into each other in confusion, until they are summoned to the Reckoning,

5

and the mountains will be like tufts of wool, like carded wool in terms of the lightness with which it floats [in the air] until it comes to settle upon the earth.

6

Then as for him whose scales weigh heavy, in that his good deeds outweigh his misdeeds,

7

he will enjoy a pleasant life, in Paradise, that is to say, a pleasing one, for he will be pleased with it, that is, it will be pleasing to him;

8

but as for him whose scales weigh light, in that his evil deeds outweigh his good ones,

9

his home will be the Abyss.

10

And what will show you what it is?, that is to say, what the Abyss is.

11

It is: A scorching fire, of extremely hot temperature (the hā' of hiya is for [consonantal] quiescence, and is retained when reciting without a [subsequent] pause or with; some omit it when reciting without a pause).