الْقَارِعَةُ

The Striking Calamity

مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

What is the Striking Calamity

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ

And what can make you know what is the Striking Calamity

يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ

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

وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ

And the mountains will be like wool, fluffed up

فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

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

فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ

He will be in a pleasant life

وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ

But as for one whose scales are light

فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ

His refuge will be an abyss

وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ

And what can make you know what that is

نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ

It is a Fire, intensely hot