The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)/The Calamity

SÛRAH CI

Al-Qârî'ah takes its name from a word in verse 1 recurring in the next two verses.

A very early Meccan Sûrah.


THE CALAMITY

Revealed at Mecca

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

1 The Calamity!
2 What is the Calamity?
3 Ah, what will convey unto thee what the Calamity is!
4 A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths
5 And the mountains will become as carded wool.
6 Then, as for him whose scales are heavy (with good works),
7 He will live a pleasant life.
8 But as for him whose scales are light,
9 The Bereft and Hungry One will be his mother.
10 Ah, what will convey unto thee what she is!—
11 Raging fire.