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Surah Az-Zalzalah الزلزلة

The Earthquake · 8 verses · Medinan

How many verses does Surah Az-Zalzalah have?

Surah Az-Zalzalah is surah 99 of 114 in the Quran and has 8 verses. It is classified as Medinan. Its name means “The Earthquake”.

Surah number
99 / 114
Verses
8
Classification
Medinan

Updated 29 October 2026. Tanzil Project (tanzil.net), quran-json.

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا ١

(1) When the earth is shaken with its [final] earthquake

وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا ٢

(2) And the earth discharges its burdens[1962]

Notes

[1962]- See verse 84:4.

وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا ٣

(3) And man says,[1963] "What is [wrong] with it?" -

Notes

[1963]- In terror and amazement.

يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا ٤

(4) That Day, it will report its news

بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا ٥

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

يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ ٦

(6) That Day, the people will depart[1964] separated [into categories] to be shown [the result of] their deeds.

Notes

[1964]- From the place of Judgement to their final abode. Another interpretation is "emerge separately" (from the graves) .

فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ ٧

(7) So whoever does an atom's weight[1965] of good will see it,

Notes

[1965]- Or "the weight of a small ant."

وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ ٨

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

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Surah Az-Zalzalah is classified as Medinan in the data this reader uses (Tanzil).

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It comes after Al-Bayyinah and before Al-'Adiyat.

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Arabic text: Tanzil Project (tanzil.net), used verbatim. Translation: Noor International Center (QuranEnc.com, version 1.1.2), unaltered. Data: quran-json (CC BY-SA 4.0). Recitations: EveryAyah.com (streamed only when you press play). Sources and licences