The qari`a

What is the qari`a

What can let you know what the qari`a is

A day humankind are like scattered moths

And mountains are like wool dyed and carded

Whoever’s scales weigh heavy

His is a life that is pleasing

Whoever’s scales weigh light

His mother is hawiya

What can let you know what she is

Raging fire.

Qur’an 101, translated by Michael Sells, in Approaching the Qur’an (White Cloud Press, 1999)