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