The Earthquake

99 - Az-Zalzala

سُورَةُ الزَّلۡزَلَةِ

  • 99:1
    1

    بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

    WHEN THE EARTH quakes with her [last] mighty quaking,

  • 99:2
    2

    وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

    and [when] the earth yields up her burdens,

  • 99:3
    3

    وَقَالَ الْإِنْسَانُ مَا لَهَا

    and man cries out, "What has happened to her?" -

  • 99:4
    4

    يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا

    on that Day will she recount all her tidings,

  • 99:5
    5

    بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا

    as thy Sustainer will have inspired her to do!

  • 99:6
    6

    يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِيُرَوْا أَعْمَالَهُمْ

    On that Day will all men come forward, cut off from one another, to be shown their [past] deeds.

  • 99:7
    7

    فَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ

    And so, he who shall have done an atom's weight of good, shall behold it;

  • 99:8
    8

    وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ

    and he who shall have done an atom's weight of evil, shall behold it.