Surah Az-Zalzalah (The Earthquake) in English

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

1. إذا زلزلت الأرض زلزالها

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   When the earth is rocked with a terrible quake

   ʾidhā zulzilati l-ʾarḍu zilzālahā

2. وأخرجت الأرض أثقالها

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   and discharges its burdens,

   wa-ʾakhrajati l-ʾarḍu ʾathqālahā

3. وقال الإنسان ما لها

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   and man says, ‘What is the matter with her?’

   wa-qāla l-ʾinsānu mā lahā

4. يومئذ تحدث أخبارها

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   On that day she will relate her chronicles

   yawmaʾidhin tuḥaddithu ʾakhbārahā

5. بأن ربك أوحى لها

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   for her Lord will have inspired her.

   bi-ʾanna rabbaka ʾawḥā lahā

6. يومئذ يصدر الناس أشتاتا ليروا أعمالهم

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   On that day, mankind will issue forth in various groups to be shown their deeds.

   yawmaʾidhin yaṣduru n-nāsu ʾashtātan li-yuraw ʾaʿmālahum

7. فمن يعمل مثقال ذرة خيرا يره

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   So whoever does an atom’s weight of good will see it,

   fa-man yaʿmal mithqāla dharratin khayran yarahū

8. ومن يعمل مثقال ذرة شرا يره

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   and whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.

   wa-man yaʿmal mithqāla dharratin sharran yarahū