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Tafsir of Surah Az-Zalzalah (99) — The Earthquake · الزلزلة
Medinan surah, 8 ayat. Read the whole surah
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Az-Zalzalah 99:1
إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا
When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake
Tafsir 99:1
When the earth will be shaken vigorously, which will happen to it on the Day of Judgement.
Az-Zalzalah 99:2
وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَثۡقَالَهَا
And the earth discharges its burdens
Tafsir 99:2
And the earth will remove everything from within itself, i.e. the dead and other things.
Az-Zalzalah 99:3
وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا
And man says, "What is [wrong] with it
Tafsir 99:3
And the human will say, confused: “What is the matter with the earth, that it is moving and shaking?”
Az-Zalzalah 99:4
يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُحَدِّثُ أَخۡبَارَهَا
That Day, it will report its news
Tafsir 99:4
On that great day, the earth will inform regarding the good and evil deeds that were committed upon it.
Az-Zalzalah 99:5
بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوۡحَىٰ لَهَا
Because your Lord has commanded it
Tafsir 99:5
Because Allah will have taught it and commanded it to do so.
Az-Zalzalah 99:6
يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتٗا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ
That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds
Tafsir 99:6
On that great day on which the earth will quake, the humans will come to of the place of reckoning in groups, to see the deeds they committed in the world.
Az-Zalzalah 99:7
فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرٗا يَرَهُۥ
So whoever does an atom's weight of good will see it
Tafsir 99:7
So whoever did a good or righteous deed equal to the weight of a small ant, will see it in front of him.
Az-Zalzalah 99:8
وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٖ شَرّٗا يَرَهُۥ
And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it
Tafsir 99:8
And whoever did an evil deed equal to that, will see that in front of him also.
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