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الزلزلة

Surah Az-Zalzalah (الزلزلة) - Transliteration, Translation and Audio

Chapter 99 of the Quran, 8 verses, "The Earthquake"

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Surah Az-Zalzalah Transliteration and English Translation

  1. 1

    إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا

    Izaa zul zilatil ardu zil zaalaha

    When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

  2. 2

    وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا

    Wa akh rajatil ardu athqaalaha

    And the earth discharges its burdens

  3. 3

    وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا

    Wa qaalal insaanu ma laha

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

  4. 4

    يَوْمَئِذٍۢ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا

    Yawmaa izin tuhad dithu akhbaaraha

    That Day, it will report its news

  5. 5

    بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا

    Bi-anna rabbaka awhaa laha

    Because your Lord has commanded it.

  6. 6

    يَوْمَئِذٍۢ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًۭا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ

    Yawma iziy yas durun naasu ash tatal liyuraw a'maalahum

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

  7. 7

    فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًۭا يَرَهُۥ

    Famaiy ya'mal mithqala zarratin khai raiy-yarah

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

  8. 8

    وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍۢ شَرًّۭا يَرَهُۥ

    Wa maiy-y'amal mithqala zarratin sharraiy-yarah

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

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