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Medinan · 8 Verses · Page 599 · Juz 30
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
1
إِذَا زُلۡزِلَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ زِلۡزَالَهَا ١
When the earth is shaken with a mighty quake,
2
وَأَخۡرَجَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ أَثۡقَالَهَا ٢
and the earth throws out its burdens[1],
Footnotes
[1] i.e., its dead bodies and treasures.
3
وَقَالَ ٱلۡإِنسَٰنُ مَا لَهَا ٣
and man says[2], “What is the matter with it?”
Footnotes
[2] In terror and astonishment.
4
يَوۡمَئِذࣲ تُحَدِّثُ أَخۡبَارَهَا ٤
On that Day it will recount all its news,
5
بِأَنَّ رَبَّكَ أَوۡحَىٰ لَهَا ٥
because your Lord has inspired it [to do so].
6
يَوۡمَئِذࣲ يَصۡدُرُ ٱلنَّاسُ أَشۡتَاتࣰا لِّيُرَوۡاْ أَعۡمَٰلَهُمۡ ٦
On that Day all people will come forward in separate groups to be shown their deeds[3].
Footnotes
[3] From the place of Judgment to see the consequences of their deeds, whether to Paradise or to Hell.
7
فَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ خَيۡرࣰا يَرَهُۥ ٧
So whoever does an atom’s weight[4] of good will see it,
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[4] Or a small ant’s weight.
8
وَمَن يَعۡمَلۡ مِثۡقَالَ ذَرَّةࣲ شَرࣰّا يَرَهُۥ ٨
and whoever does an atom’s weight of evil will see it.