Al-Qari'ah Verse 4

˹It is˺ the Day people will be like scattered moths,

On that Day people will be like scattered moths,

The day that men shall be like scattered moths,

On a Day when people will be like scattered moths

A Day whereon mankind shall become as moths scattered,

(It is) a Day whereon men will be like moths scattered about,

On that Day human beings shall be like scattered moths,

A Day on which human beings would be like so many scattered moths,

The day when men will be like scattered moths.

[It is] the day when mankind will be like scattered moths

The day (when it occurs) humans will be like moths scattered about;

On that day people shall be (in great confusion and distress) like moths scattered,

A day/time the people be/become like the butterflies, the scattered/ravished

The day when men will be like scattered moths.

The day when men shall be like scattered moths;

It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about,

And the mountains will be as carded wool.

The day on which men shall be as scattered moths,

A day wherein mankind will be as thickly-scattered moths

On that day, people will be like scattered moths

On that Day people shall become like scattered moths

It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.

[It is] a Day when mankind shall be like scattered moths

The Day when the people will be like scattered moths.

The day (yawma; that which renders it accusative is [the verb] indicated by al-qri`a, in other words, [by the implied] taqra`u, `it clatters') mankind will be like scattered moths, like a throng of scattered locusts surging into each other in confusion, until they are summoned to the Reckoning,

It is a Day whereon mankind will be like moths scattered about.

meaning, in their scattering, their dividing, their coming and their going, all due to being bewildered at what is happening to them, they will be like scattered moths.

This is like Allah's statement,

كَأَنَّهُمْ جَرَادٌ مُّنتَشِرٌ

As if they were locusts spread abroad. (54;7)

Allah said,

وَتَكُونُ الْجِبَالُ كَالْعِهْنِ الْمَنفُوشِ