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Surah 99 · Medinan · 8 verses

Az-Zalzala

The Earthquake

سُورَةُ الزَّلۡزَلَةِ

Az-Zalzala

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Raheem

1

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

Izaa zul zilatil ardu zil zaalaha

WHEN THE EARTH quakes with her [last] mighty quaking,

2

وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

Wa akh rajatil ardu athqaalaha

and [when] the earth yields up her burdens,

3

وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا

Wa qaalal insaanu ma laha

and man cries out, "What has happened to her?" -

4

يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا

Yawmaa izin tuhad dithu akhbaaraha

on that Day will she recount all her tidings,

5

بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا

Bi-anna rabbaka awhaa laha

as thy Sustainer will have inspired her to do!

6

يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًۭا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

Yawma iziy yas durun naasu ash tatal liyuraw a'maalahum

On that Day will all men come forward, cut off from one another, to be shown their [past] deeds.

7

فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًۭا يَرَهُۥ

Famaiy ya'mal mithqala zarratin khai raiy-yarah

And so, he who shall have done an atom's weight of good, shall behold it;

8

وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍۢ شَرًّۭا يَرَهُۥ

Wa maiy-y'amal mithqala zarratin sharraiy-yarah

and he who shall have done an atom's weight of evil, shall behold it.

Translation: Muhammad Asad · Recitation: Mishary Rashid Alafasy · Source: alquran.cloud

Az-Zalzala (The Earthquake) · Islamic Insights