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Surah 99 · 8 ayat
Az-Zalzala
The Earthquake
الزلزلة
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا
MeaningWhen Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake
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وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا
MeaningAnd Earth yieldeth up her burdens,
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وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ مَا لَهَا
MeaningAnd man saith: What aileth her?
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يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا
MeaningThat day she will relate her chronicles,
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بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا
MeaningBecause thy Lord inspireth her.
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يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَـٰلَهُمْ
MeaningThat day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds.
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فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ
MeaningAnd whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,
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وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ
MeaningAnd whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then.
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Arabic source: Tanzil Quran Text 1.1. Verbatim Uthmani source text, used under CC BY 3.0. Check Tanzil for source updates.
Default English meaning: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930). The translation is presented separately from the Qur’an Arabic.
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