Surah Az-Zalzala (The Earthquake)
الزَّلۡزَلَةِ
Surah 99 of 114, revealed in Madinah, 8 ayat.
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
- 1Az-Zalzala 99:1
إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا
When the earth is shaken to her (utmost) convulsion,
When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake
- 2Az-Zalzala 99:2
وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا
And the earth throws up her burdens (from within),
And Earth yieldeth up her burdens,
- 3Az-Zalzala 99:3
وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا
And man cries (distressed): 'What is the matter with her?'-
And man saith: What aileth her?
- 4Az-Zalzala 99:4
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا
On that Day will she declare her tidings:
That day she will relate her chronicles,
- 5Az-Zalzala 99:5
بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا
For that thy Lord will have given her inspiration.
Because thy Lord inspireth her.
- 6Az-Zalzala 99:6
يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًۭا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ
On that Day will men proceed in companies sorted out, to be shown the deeds that they (had done).
That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds.
- 7Az-Zalzala 99:7
فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًۭا يَرَهُۥ
Then shall anyone who has done an atom's weight of good, see it!
And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,
- 8Az-Zalzala 99:8
وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍۢ شَرًّۭا يَرَهُۥ
And anyone who has done an atom's weight of evil, shall see it.
And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then.
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Arabic text from the Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani). Translations by Abdullah Yusuf Ali and Marmaduke Pickthall, both in the public domain.