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Surah 99 · 8 Ayahs

Az-Zalzalah

Surah Az-Zalzalah (“The Earthquake”) is a Medinan surah of 8 ayahs.

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

  1. 99:1
    إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا١

    When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake

  2. 99:2
    وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا٢

    And Earth yieldeth up her burdens,

  3. 99:3
    وَقَالَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا لَهَا٣

    And man saith: What aileth her?

  4. 99:4
    يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا٤

    That day she will relate her chronicles,

  5. 99:5
    بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا٥

    Because thy Lord inspireth her.

  6. 99:6
    يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِيُرَوْا أَعْمَالَهُمْ٦

    That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds.

  7. 99:7
    فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ٧

    And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,

  8. 99:8
    وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ٨

    And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then.

English translation by Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), in the public domain. Digital text from Tanzil.net.