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| الْقَارِعَةُ {١} |
1. THE STARTLING CALAMITY. |
| مَا الْقَارِعَةُ {٢} |
2. What is the startling calamity? |
| وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُ {٣} |
3. How will you comprehend what the startling calamity is? -- |
| يَوْمَ يَكُونُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوثِ {٤} |
4. A Day on which human beings would be like so many scattered moths, |
| وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوشِ {٥} |
5. The mountains like the tufts of carded wool. |
| فَأَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِينُهُ {٦} |
6. Then he whose deeds shall weigh heavier in the scale |
| فَهُوَ فِي عِيشَةٍ رَاضِيَةٍ {٧} |
7. Will have a tranquil life; |
| وَأَمَّا مَنْ خَفَّتْ مَوَازِينُهُ {٨} |
8. But he whose deeds are lighter in the balance |
| فَأُمُّهُ هَاوِيَةٌ {٩} |
9. Will have the Abyss for abode. |
| وَمَا أَدْرَاكَ مَا هِيَهْ {١٠} |
10. How will you comprehend what that is? |
| نَارٌ حَامِيَةٌ {١١} |
11. It is the scorching fire. |
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