Surah Az-Zalzalah

Quran 99:1

Read Quran 99:1 from Surah Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) in Arabic, with Pickthall's English translation and the tafsir of as-Sa'di.

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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

Quran verse

Qur'an 99:1

إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا١

When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake

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

Surah
99. Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake)
Ayah
1 of 8
Revelation
Medinan (revealed in Medina)
Reference
99:1

Tafsir as-Sa'di on Quran 99:1

Taysir al-Karim al-Rahman by Abd al-Rahman al-Sa'di (d. 1956), in the original Arabic.

يخبر تعالى عما يكون يوم القيامة، وأن الأرض تتزلزل وترجف وترتج، حتى يسقط ما عليها من بناء وعلم .فتندك جبالها، وتسوى تلالها، وتكون قاعًا صفصفًا لا عوج فيه ولا أمت.