Surah 99
الزلزلة Az-Zalzalah · The Earthquake
- Verses
- 8
- Revealed
- Medinan
- Juz
- 30
- Rukus
- 1
- Revelation order
- 93
- Pages
- 599–599
About Surah Az-Zalzalah
Surah Az-Zalzalah (الزلزلة, “The Earthquake”) is chapter 99 of the Quran and contains 8 verses. It is a Medinan surah, revealed 93rd of the 114. It appears in juz 30, spans pages 599–599 of the standard mushaf, and is divided into 1 ruku.
Text
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
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إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا
When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake
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وَأَخْرَجَتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ أَثْقَالَهَا
And Earth yieldeth up her burdens,
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وَقَالَ ٱلْإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا
And man saith: What aileth her?
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يَوْمَئِذٍ تُحَدِّثُ أَخْبَارَهَا
That day she will relate her chronicles,
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بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوْحَىٰ لَهَا
Because thy Lord inspireth her.
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يَوْمَئِذٍ يَصْدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشْتَاتًا لِّيُرَوْا۟ أَعْمَٰلَهُمْ
That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds.
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فَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيْرًا يَرَهُۥ
And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,
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وَمَن يَعْمَلْ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ شَرًّا يَرَهُۥ
And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then.
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Common questions
How many verses are in Surah Az-Zalzalah?
Surah Az-Zalzalah has 8 verses.
Is Surah Az-Zalzalah Meccan or Medinan?
Surah Az-Zalzalah is a Medinan surah, revealed in Madinah.
What number is Surah Az-Zalzalah in the Quran?
It is chapter 99 of 114, and the 93rd surah in the order of revelation.
Which juz is Surah Az-Zalzalah in?
It appears in juz 30, on pages 599–599 of the standard mushaf.
How many pages is Surah Az-Zalzalah?
It fits on a single page of the standard 604-page Madinah mushaf, page 599.
Which para is Surah Az-Zalzalah in?
Para 30. Para is the name used in South Asia for a juz, one of the 30 equal parts of the Quran.
How many words and letters are in Surah Az-Zalzalah?
36 words and 156 letters, counted from the Uthmani text: a word is a space-separated group, and a letter is a base Arabic letter without its vowel marks. Counts made another way differ slightly. Counts for every surah
How many rukus are in Surah Az-Zalzalah?
One: the whole surah is a single ruku, the section marked with the letter ‘ayn (ع) in the margin of many printings. Rukus in every surah and para
How long does it take to recite Surah Az-Zalzalah?
About 1 minute at Mahmoud Khalil al-Husary's measured pace. The recordings timed on this site take from 1 minute (Abdurrahman As-Sudais) to 2 minutes (Abdul Basit Abdus Samad). Every surah, timed
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