Section 1: Verses 1–8
Thematic progression across verses 1–8
إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا 1
Izaa zul zilatil ardu zil zaalaha
When the earth is shaken with its quake
وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَثۡقَالَهَا 2
Wa akh rajatil ardu athqaalaha
And the earth brings out its loads
وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا 3
Wa qaalal insaanu ma laha
And man says, “What is the matter with it?”
يَوۡمَئِذࣲ تُحَدِّثُ أَخۡبَارَهَا 4
Yawmaa izin tuhad dithu akhbaaraha
On that Day, it will tell its tales
بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوۡحَىٰ لَهَا 5
Bi-anna rabbaka awhaa laha
For your Lord will have inspired it
يَوۡمَئِذࣲ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتࣰ ا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ 6
Yawma iziy yas durun naasu ash tatal liyuraw a'maalahum
On that Day, the people will emerge in droves, to be shown their works
فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرࣰ ا يَرَهُۥ 7
Famaiy ya'mal mithqala zarratin khai raiy-yarah
Whoever has done an atom's weight of good will see it
وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةࣲ شَرࣰّ ا يَرَهُۥ 8
Wa maiy-y'amal mithqala zarratin sharraiy-yarah
And whoever has done an atom's weight of evil will see it
Quran-Anchored Prophetic Context
Authentic narrations in the active corpus that explicitly cite, name, or explain verses in Surah Az-Zalzala.
وعن أبي هريرة، رضي الله عنه ، قال: قرأ رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم {يومئذ تحدث أخبارها} ثم قال: "أتدرون ما أخبارها؟" قالوا الله ورسوله أعلم. قال: "فإن أخبارها أن تشهد كل عبد أو أمة بما عمل على ظهرها تقول: عملت كذا وكذا في يوم كذا وكذا، فهذه أخبارها" ((رواه الترمذي وقال : حديث حسن صحيح)).
Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) recited, "That Day it (the earth) will reveal its news (about all that happened over it of good or evil)." (99:4). Then he (ﷺ) inquired, "Do you know what its news are?" He was told: "Allah and His Messenger know better". He said, "Its news is that it shall bear witness against every slave man and woman they did on its back. It will say: 'You did this and this on such and such day.' Those will be its news.".