AL ZILZAL (THE TREMOR)
(Revealed at Medina – contains 8 verses – 1 section)
Allah – beginning with the name of – the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
| AYAT | TRANSLATION |
|---|---|
| 1 | إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا |
| When the earth is shaken with its appointed tremor. | |
| 2 | وَأَخْرَجَتِ الْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا |
| And the earth throws out its burdens. | |
| 3 | وَقَالَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا لَهَا |
| And man says, “What has happened to it?” | |
| 4 | يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا |
| On that day earth will narrate its news, | |
| 5 | بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا |
| Because your Lord sent a command to it. | |
| 6 | يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ النَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِّيُرَوْا أَعْمَالَهُمْ |
| On that day men will return towards their Lord, in different groups, in order to be shown their deeds. | |
| 7 | فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُ |
| So whoever does a good deed equal to the weight of the minutest particle, will see it. | |
| 8 | وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُ |
| And whoever does an evil deed equal to the weight of the minutest particle, will see it. | |