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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ
Allah's Name to commence with, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
In the name of Allah, the Infinitely Gracious, the Most Merciful.
اَلْقَارِعَةُ(1)
(The event) which causes the heart to tremble.
The catastrophic event.
مَا الْقَارِعَةُ(2)
What is that (event) which causes the heart to tremble?
What is the catastrophic event?
وَ مَاۤ اَدْرٰىكَ مَا الْقَارِعَةُﭤ(3)
And what have you understood what is (the event) which causes the heart to tremble?
And what do you know of the catastrophic event?
یَوْمَ یَكُوْنُ النَّاسُ كَالْفَرَاشِ الْمَبْثُوْثِ(4)
The Day when people will be like scattered moths.
The Day humankind will be like scattered moths,
وَ تَكُوْنُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنْفُوْشِﭤ(5)
And mountains will be like scattered particles of wool.
and the mountains will become like colourful, carded wool.
فَاَمَّا مَنْ ثَقُلَتْ مَوَازِیْنُهٗ(6)
So, as for the one whose scales (of good deeds) are heavy.
As for the one whose scales will be heavy,