99:1
إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا ١
When the earth is shaken with a mighty quake,
سورة الزلزلةSurah Az-Zalzalah · The Earthquake
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Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi · murattal
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
99:2
وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَثۡقَالَهَا ٢
and the earth throws out its burdens[1],
Tafsir Notes
[1] i.e., its dead bodies and treasures.
99:3
وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا ٣
and man says[2], “What is the matter with it?”
Tafsir Notes
[2] In terror and astonishment.
99:4
يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُحَدِّثُ أَخۡبَارَهَا ٤
On that Day it will recount all its news,
99:5
بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوۡحَىٰ لَهَا ٥
because your Lord has inspired it [to do so].
99:6
يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتٗا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٦
On that Day all people will come forward in separate groups to be shown their deeds[3].
Tafsir Notes
[3] From the place of Judgment to see the consequences of their deeds, whether to Paradise or to Hell.
99:7
فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرٗا يَرَهُۥ ٧
So whoever does an atom’s weight[4] of good will see it,
Tafsir Notes
[4] Or a small ant’s weight.
99:8
وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٖ شَرّٗا يَرَهُۥ ٨
and whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.
Sources
- Mushaf text: King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex (Madinah), narration of Hafs from ʿAsim, in the Uthmani script.
- Rowwad Translation Center — version 1.0.19, QuranEnc.com
- Al-Mukhtasar in Interpreting the Noble Quran — QuranEnc.com, retrieved 2026-09-14
- Recitation: Sheikh Mohamed Siddiq al-Minshawi (murattal), via quran.com and everyayah.com.
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