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Surah Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake)

Medinan · 8 ayahs · Arabic with the Pickthall English translation.

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Verses

  1. إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا

    When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake

    99:1
  2. وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَثۡقَالَهَا

    And Earth yieldeth up her burdens

    99:2
  3. وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا

    And man saith: What aileth her

    99:3
  4. يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُحَدِّثُ أَخۡبَارَهَا

    That day she will relate her chronicles

    99:4
  5. بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوۡحَىٰ لَهَا

    Because thy Lord inspireth her

    99:5
  6. يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتٗا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ

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

    99:6
  7. فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرٗا يَرَهُۥ

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

    99:7
  8. وَمَن 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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