Surah Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake)
Medinan · 8 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.
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Verses
إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا
When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake
99:1وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَثۡقَالَهَا
And Earth yieldeth up her burdens
99:2وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا
And man saith: What aileth her
99:3يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُحَدِّثُ أَخۡبَارَهَا
That day she will relate her chronicles
99:4بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوۡحَىٰ لَهَا
Because thy Lord inspireth her
99:5يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتٗا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ
That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds
99:6فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرٗا يَرَهُۥ
And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then
99:7وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٖ شَرّٗا يَرَهُۥ
And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then
99:8
Arabic text: Tanzil Uthmani (public domain). English translation: Marmaduke Pickthall, “The Meaning of the Glorious Koran” (1930) — public domain.
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