“那击打者！那击打者是什么？你怎知那击打者是什么？”（第1-3节）
“The Striker! What is the Striker! Would that you knew what the Striker is!” (Verses 1-3)
本章以单词"al-Qāri`ah"开头，英文译作"the Striker"（击撞之事）。它如同一记重击被抛出，没有任何补充的信息、谓语或形容词。正因如此，它凭借其声音与内涵，营造出一种敬畏与忐忑的氛围。
This sūrah starts with the single word, al-Qāri`ah, rendered in English as the Striker. It is thrown like a shot, without any further information, predicate or adjective. As such it creates through its sound and connotations an ambiance of awe and apprehension.
“紧接着这个词的是一个带有惊惧意味的问题：“那敲击者是什么？”（第2节）它是一件可怕而令人敬畏的事，引发人的好奇与追问。接着是以一句令人费解的感叹作答：“你怎知道那敲击者是什么！”它之伟大，非人所能理解或想象。随后的回答说明了其中将发生什么，却没有说明它的确切本质：“那日，人们将如散乱的飞蛾，群山将如松散的彩色羊毛。”（第4—5节）
The word is immediately followed by a question suggesting alarm: “What is the Striker?” (Verse 2) It is that dreadful and formidable thing which arouses curiosity and questioning. Then comes the answer in the form of a cryptic exclamation: “Would that you knew what the Striker is!’ It is too great to be comprehended or imagined. Then follows the answer which states what takes place in it but refrains from stating its exact nature: “The day when people will be scattered moths, and the mountains like tufts of carded wool.” (Verses 4-5)
这是《打击者》的第一幕，这一幕让人心惊胆战，使四肢因恐惧而颤抖。听者会感到，他在今世所依恋的一切，都像尘埃般在他周围飞散。随后便是全人类的末日。"至于善功重的人，就在称心的生活中；至于善功轻的人，他的归宿就是深坑。你怎能知道深坑是什么？那是烈火。"（第6-11节）
This is the first scene of the Striker, a scene that leaves people’s hearts in panic and makes limbs tremble with fear. The listener feels that everything he clings to in this world is flying all around him like dust. Then comes the end of all mankind. “Then he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance, shall enjoy a happy life. But he whose weight is light in the balance, shall have the abyss for his home. Would that you knew what this is like! It is a scorching fire.” (Verses 6-11)
对我们来说，思考重量的轻重是有益的。这意味着存在着一些标准，真主认为它们有价值，而另一些则毫无价值。这就是该章所要传达之意的大意。然而，真主最清楚决定这些重量的天平的确切性质。若要就此处所用的古兰经术语"mawāzīn"（天平）的含义进行繁复的逻辑与语言学论证，这本身就偏离了古兰经的精神，也表明读者对古兰经和伊斯兰教并无兴趣。
It is useful for us to consider the weights, whether heavy or light. This means that there are standards which God credits with being valuable and others that are valueless. This is the general meaning of the statement which the sūrah wants to convey. However, God knows best the exact nature of the balance determining such weights. To indulge in a sophisticated, logical and linguistic argument about the meaning of the Qur’ānic term, mawāzīn, used here is in itself a departure from the Qur’ānic spirit and indicates that the reader is not interested in the Qur’ān or in Islam.
“那么，善功分量沉重的人”，依照真主的衡量与裁定，“就将过上称心如意的生活。”真主在这里作了概括性的表述，并未加以具体说明。因此，这句话向人传达出满足、安宁乃至纯粹之幸福的意涵。
“Then he whose weight [of good deeds] is heavy in the balance”, according to God’s measures and evaluation, “shall enjoy a happy life.” God makes this statement general without any detailed information. Thus, the statement imparts to man the connotations of content and satisfaction or, indeed, pure happiness.
“而那些天平轻的人，”依照神同样的衡量与评定，“他的归宿就是深渊。”原文用了 umm 一词，即“母亲”之意，此处译作“归宿”。孩子在家中寻求庇护与安全时，会转向母亲求助和保护。而那些分量轻的人，却只能转向深渊、投身其中！这一表达精妙而结构井然，同时带有一层隐晦之意，为随后的阐明作铺垫，从而增强了所要传达的深远效果：“你怎能知道那是什么？”（第10节）这是《古兰经》中常用的那种神秘的感叹，强调其超出理解与想象的范围。接着，结尾给出答案：“那是烈火。”（第11节）
“But he whose weight is light in the balance,” according to God’s same measure and evaluation, “shall have the abyss for his home.” The Arabic text uses the term, umm, ‘mother’, for what is rendered here as ‘home’. It is to his mother that a child turns for help and protection as he seeks shelter and security at home. But such people with light measure can only turn and resort to the abyss! The expression is a fine one, beautifully ordered. It also has a shade of obscurity preparing the way for subsequent clarification which adds to the depth of the intended effect: “Would that you knew what this is like.” (Verse 10) It is again the cryptic exclamation used often in the Qur’ān which emphasizes that it is beyond comprehension and vision. Then comes the answer in the closing note: “It is a scorching fire.” (Verse 11)
这样的人，他的母亲便是“哈维娅”。凡是善功之秤轻的人，其归宿便是如此。这是他投靠、求庇护、寻安稳与慰藉的母亲。然而他在这样的母亲那里得到的是什么呢？他得到的只有深渊与烈火。此处的表述突然一转，以此呈现残酷的现实。
Such is the mother of any person whose weight of good deeds is light. This is his mother to whom he turns for help and protection and for security and comfort. But what does he find with such a mother? He finds nothing but the abyss and a scorching fire. The expression here makes a sudden jolt to represent the hard reality.