(1)ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ  

The Calamity!  

(2) مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ  

What is the Calamity?  

(3) وَمَآ أَدۡرَٮٰكَ مَا ٱلۡقَارِعَةُ  

Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!  

(4) يَوۡمَ يَكُونُ ٱلنَّاسُ ڪَٱلۡفَرَاشِ ٱلۡمَبۡثُوثِ  

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths  

(5) وَتَكُونُ ٱلۡجِبَالُ ڪَٱلۡعِهۡنِ ٱلۡمَنفُوشِ  

And the mountains will become as carded wool.  

(6) فَأَمَّا مَن ثَقُلَتۡ مَوَٲزِينُهُ ۥ  

Then, as for him whose scales are heavy with good works,  

(7) فَهُوَ فِى عِيشَةٍ۬ رَّاضِيَةٍ۬  

He will live a pleasant life.  

(8) وَأَمَّا مَنۡ خَفَّتۡ مَوَٲزِينُهُ ۥ  

But as for him whose scales are light,  

(9) فَأُمُّهُ ۥ هَاوِيَةٌ۬  

The bereft and Hungry One will be his mother,  

(10) وَمَآ أَدۡرَٮٰكَ مَا هِيَهۡ  

Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is! -  

(11) نَارٌ حَامِيَةُۢ  

Raging Fire.