ONE AYAT A DAY

Surah Az-Zalzalah — The Earthquake

Surah 99 · 8 ayahs · Medinan

Ayah 1

اِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْاَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَاۙ

Iżā zulzilatil-arḍu zilzālahā.

When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

Ayah 2

وَاَخْرَجَتِ الْاَرْضُ اَثْقَالَهَاۙ

Wa akhrajatil-arḍu aṡqālahā.

And the earth discharges its burdens

Ayah 3

وَقَالَ الْاِنْسَانُ مَا لَهَاۚ

Wa qālal-insānu mā lahā.

And man says, "What is [wrong] with it?" -

Ayah 4

يَوْمَىِٕذٍ تُحَدِّثُ اَخْبَارَهَاۙ

Yauma'iżin tuḥaddiṡu akhbārahā.

That Day, it will report its news

Ayah 5

بِاَنَّ رَبَّكَ اَوْحٰى لَهَاۗ

Bi'anna rabbaka auḥā lahā.

Because your Lord has inspired [i.e., commanded] it.

Ayah 6

يَوْمَىِٕذٍ يَّصْدُرُ النَّاسُ اَشْتَاتًا ەۙ لِّيُرَوْا اَعْمَالَهُمْۗ

Yauma'iżiy yaṣdurun-nāsu asytātā(n), liyurau a‘mālahum.

That Day, the people will depart separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.

Ayah 7

فَمَنْ يَّعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَّرَهٗۚ

Famay ya‘mal miṡqāla żarratin khairay yarah(ū).

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

Ayah 8

وَمَنْ يَّعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَّرَهٗ ࣖ

Wa may ya‘mal miṡqāla żarratin syarray yarah(ū).

And whoever does an atom's weight of evil will see it.