The Earthquake
99:1
إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا ١
When the Earth will be shaken to her [utmost] convulsion,
99:2
وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَثۡقَالَهَا ٢
And the earth will throw up her burdens [from within],
99:3
وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا ٣
And Man will cry out [distressed]: “What is the matter with her [the Earth]?”
99:4
يَوۡمَئِذٖ تُحَدِّثُ أَخۡبَارَهَا ٤
On that Day will she [the Earth] declare her tidings:
99:5
بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوۡحَىٰ لَهَا ٥
that your Lord has inspired her [the Earth].
99:6
يَوۡمَئِذٖ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتٗا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٦
On that Day will people proceed in scattered groups, to see the Deeds that they [had done].
99:7
فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرٗا يَرَهُۥ ٧
Then anyone who has done an atom’s weight of good [deeds], shall see it!
99:8
وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٖ شَرّٗا يَرَهُۥ ٨
And anyone who has done an atom’s weight of evil, shall see it.