The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930)/The Earthquake
SÛRAH XCIX
Az-Zilzâl takes its name from a word in verse 1.
A very early Meccan Sûrah.
THE EARTHQUAKE
Revealed at Mecca
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
1 When Earth is shaken with her (final) earthquake
2 And Earth yieldeth up her burdens,
3 And man saith: What aileth her?
4 That day she will relate her chronicles,
5 Because thy Lord inspireth her.
6 That day mankind will issue forth in scattered groups to be shown their deeds.
7 And whoso doeth good an atom's weight will see it then,
8 And whoso doeth ill an atom's weight will see it then.