{"collection":"Islam","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/isl/palm/101.htm","path":"isl/palm/101.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/isl/palm/101.htm","text":"THE CHAPTER OF THE SMITING\n(CI. Mecca.)\nIN the name of the merciful and compassionate God.\nThe smiting!\nWhat is the smiting?\nAnd what shall make thee know what the smiting is? The day when men shall be like scattered moths; and the mountains shall be like flocks of carded wool!\nAnd as for him whose balance is heavy, he shall be in a well-pleasing life.\nBut as for him whose balance is light, his dwelling shall be the pit of hell.\nAnd who shall make thee know what it is?- a burning fire!","title":"101. al-Qari`ah: The Terrible Calamity (tr. Palmer)","type":"page"}