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Sūrah 99 · 8 verses · Medinan

Az-Zalzala

الزلزلة

The Earthquake

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

  1. إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

    When the earth is shaken with a mighty quake,

  2. وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

    and the earth throws out its burdens[1],

  3. وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا لَهَا

    and man says[1], “What is the matter with it?”

  4. يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا

    On that Day it will recount all its news,

  5. بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا

    because your Lord has inspired it [to do so].

  6. يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ

    On that Day all people will come forward in separate groups to be shown their deeds[1].

  7. فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ

    So whoever does an atom’s weight[1] of good will see it,

  8. وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ

    and whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.

Meaning: English Translation - Rowwad Translation Center. Translated by the team of the Rowwad Translation Center, in cooperation with the Rabwah Dawah Association, the Islamic Content Service Association in Languages, and the IslamHouse.com website. Version 1.0.20, 2026-10-20. QuranEnc.com

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Arabic: Tanzil Uthmani text, version 1.1. Source: tanzil.net